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What the world's news said happened to people.
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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.

its stories →
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.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: 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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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 lessSpain: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: 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 lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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 readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. 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 lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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 lessAzerbaijan: 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 lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readVatican 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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 readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualLuxembourg: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJersey: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMaryland, US -- health: 22 stories, carried by 24 outletsAnantnag, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 75 stories, carried by 40 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 25 outletsLakshadweep, India -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 16 outletsBeira, Mozambique -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsBucharest, Romania -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsGrand Rapids, US -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 13 outletsJakarta, Indonesia -- rights & justice: 85 stories, carried by 61 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

● Jersey warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● Niger warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Maryland US about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories ● Anantnag Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 75 stories ● Brussels Belgium about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 28 stories ● Lakshadweep India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Beira Mozambique about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories

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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