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35,367 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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The day's news pointed at illness in Mount Everest, protests in Amazonas (Brazil) and deaths in Tokyo. Brazil's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNepal 83 in 100 of its 649 stories, usually 42
RegionEast Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
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 →
Health

Nepal

541 of its 649 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Mount Everest accounted for 413 of Nepal's 541 stories about harm, carried by 506 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (510 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Mount Everest stories →
Protests & strikes

Brazil

465 of its 838 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Amazonas accounted for 232 of Brazil's 465 stories about harm, carried by 542 outlets. 149 of Amazonas' 232 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Amazonas stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Japan

1,512 of its 3,720 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Tokyo accounted for 1,319 of Japan's 1,512 stories about harm, carried by 1,190 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,247 stories). Overdoses were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Japan over 30 days → its stories → Tokyo stories →
Rights & justice

North Korea

136 of its 391 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (55 stories). Hunger was named in 79 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Syria

Idlib accounted for 192 of Syria's 305 stories about harm, carried by 151 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Outbreaks were named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 140 of Afghanistan's 251 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Polio 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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Health

Senegal

22 of its 45 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Outbreaks were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

189 of its 288 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Egypt

151 of its 407 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

110 of its 359 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (53 stories). Flooding was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Niger (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Senegal (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); overdoses in Mexico (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Austria (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in DR Congo (11 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 28 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 35,367 stories about harm among 176,756 counted on 28 May.

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The news turned to Nepal for the fifth day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 176,756 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. North Korea's news mentioned the hunger about 7 times as often as usual. Nepal's news was 83% about people being harmed, against a usual 42%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nepal83 in 100 of its 649 stories · usually 42 · mostly health Congo79 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 77 · mostly health Syria72 in 100 of its 425 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir66 in 100 of its 288 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen59 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Knox County US167 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 Amazonas Brazil149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 232 Mount Everest Nepal148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 413 Washington US124 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1109 Nablus Palestine96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sPuerto 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape 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: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: 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: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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'sZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage about twice 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

● Jersey about twice as warm as the world's · 65 stories about harm ● Brazil about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 465 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 189 stories about harm ● Japan about three times as angry as the world's · 1,512 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 115 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as angry as the world's · 151 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 9,006 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Health24% 8,439 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents22% 7,575 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence14% 4,860 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,823 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,118 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 605 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 464 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 killed10,329 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,583 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting arrests4,164 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,300 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced506 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions275 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Palestine and Japan Stories reporting refugees268 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Germany and Syria Stories reporting evacuations103 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Paraguay Stories reporting people falling ill35 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Brazil

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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