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19,255 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 the earthquake in Peru, violence in Kathmandu and protests in Madrid (Spain). Nepal's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPeru 83 in 100 of its 522 stories, usually 17
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Peru

433 of its 522 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Lima accounted for 248 of Peru's 433 stories about harm, carried by 421 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (193 stories). Earthquake was named in 427 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami, power cuts and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Conflict & violence

Nepal

259 of its 359 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kathmandu accounted for 189 of Nepal's 259 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (134 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Protests & strikes

Spain

282 of its 998 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 161 of Madrid's 260 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (260 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Spain over 30 days → its stories → Madrid stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Monaco

64 of its 222 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Monaco over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Syria

167 of its 200 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Idlib accounted for 88 of Syria's 167 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Tuberculosis was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

92 of its 116 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Tripoli accounted for 92 of Libya's 92 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

222 of its 313 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Flooding was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

China

310 of its 1,596 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 92 of Tiananmen's 152 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Malaria was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 416 of Israel's 547 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. 269 of Jerusalem's 416 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (156 stories). Heatwave was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with wildfires.

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Conflict & violence

Thailand

247 of its 380 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Bangkok accounted for 215 of Thailand's 247 stories about harm, carried by 162 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (125 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: tornadoes in US (1390 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in Jordan (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Pakistan (68 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Mexico (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 19,255 stories about harm among 97,741 counted on 26 May.

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Peru's news was 83% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. of the day's 97,741 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India. Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Peru's news. On 26 May 2018, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 20 today. This week the news turned most often to Indonesia, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo92 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 74 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria84 in 100 of its 200 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Peru83 in 100 of its 522 stories · usually 17 · mostly disasters & accidents Libya79 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen75 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel269 stories about protests or strikes, of its 416 Wichita US170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 178 Madrid Spain161 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260 Washington US108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 460 Kootenai County US104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMonaco: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Philippines about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 131 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about three times as fearful as the world's · 216 stories about harm ● Spain about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 282 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● Libya about twice as angry as the world's · 92 stories about harm ● Nepal about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 259 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 5,794 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents24% 4,638 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence18% 3,369 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Health15% 2,819 stories · much less than usual (usually 21%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,257 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 423 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 373 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 309 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 killed6,859 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,615 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,303 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,161 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations537 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees345 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Thailand and Germany Stories reporting abductions170 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced124 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill32 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nepal

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little less than 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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