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37,649 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Khartoum (Sudan), a disaster in Kokopo and people injured in Somalia. Sudan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPapua New Guinea 86 in 100 of its 251 stories, usually 29
RegionOceania 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

375 of its 499 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Khartoum accounted for 327 of Sudan's 375 stories about harm, carried by 245 outlets. 322 of Khartoum's 327 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (199 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

217 of its 251 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kokopo accounted for 135 of Papua New Guinea's 217 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (125 stories). Accidents were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Papua New Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Kokopo stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

107 of its 148 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Niger

18 of its 24 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Malta

95 of its 181 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Valletta accounted for 77 of Malta's 95 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

147 of its 243 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 53 of Gaza's 74 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Kashmir

120 of its 234 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 32 of Sumbal's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Croatia

80 of its 142 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Landslides were named in 75 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Guinea

34 of its 42 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (32 stories). Earthquake was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

564 of its 1,150 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Riyadh accounted for 396 of Saudi Arabia's 564 stories about harm, carried by 413 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Croatia (75 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in United Arab Emirates (113 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Guinea (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Venezuela (45 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); oil spill in Yemen (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 May. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 37,649 stories about harm among 197,630 counted on 14 May.

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Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in Croatia's news. of the day's 197,630 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 14 May 2018, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today. Sudan's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 50%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso96 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea86 in 100 of its 251 stories · usually 29 · mostly disasters & accidents Guatemala82 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan75 in 100 of its 499 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Sri Lanka73 in 100 of its 773 stories · usually 84 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Khartoum Sudan322 stories about protests or strikes, of its 327 Alabama US247 stories about protests or strikes, of its 292 San Francisco US197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 771 Jerusalem Israel161 stories about protests or strikes, of its 298 Washington US128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1356

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: too little coverage to readYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualOlympia, US -- food & livelihood: 74 stories, carried by 77 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsBarcelona, Spain -- health: 12 stories, carried by 34 outletsPalais, France -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsGoulburn, Australia -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsSalt Lake City, US -- rights & justice: 47 stories, carried by 44 outletsPretoria, South Africa -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 20 outletsMontego Bay, Jamaica -- disasters & accidents: 20 stories, carried by 10 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual ● Malta warmth about one and a half times usual ● France warmth about one and a half times usual ● Libya warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Olympia US about three times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 74 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Barcelona Spain about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Palais France about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 12 stories ● Goulburn Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 11,166 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Health23% 8,450 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents17% 6,294 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 5,856 stories · much less than usual (usually 21%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,555 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,157 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 822 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 744 stories · about as usual

Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.

Harm reported 30 days →

Stories reporting people killed10,949 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,684 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,563 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,789 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting refugees550 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions485 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced357 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations151 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting people falling ill83 at about the usual rate

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as usual

From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?

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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.