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What the world's news said happened to people.
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36,588 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 news turned to protests in Rome (Italy), illness in Mount Everest and deaths in Vienna. Austria's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostEthiopia 79 in 100 of its 299 stories, usually 54
RegionOceania 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Italy

419 of its 1,694 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 169 of Rome's 250 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (265 stories). Plague was named in 167 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Rome stories →
Health

Nepal

410 of its 648 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Mount Everest accounted for 298 of Nepal's 410 stories about harm, carried by 483 outlets. Extreme cold was named in 15 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 one and a half times its own usual.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Mount Everest stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Austria

161 of its 415 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Vienna accounted for 151 of Austria's 161 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

215 of its 408 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Baghdad accounted for 133 of Iraq's 215 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Thailand

114 of its 389 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 39 of Bangkok's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Hungary

147 of its 466 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (84 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Türkiye

256 of its 677 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

183 of its 500 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Myanmar

86 of its 112 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Yangon accounted for 66 of Myanmar's 86 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Japan

438 of its 1,976 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (261 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Cuba (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Lesotho (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tornadoes in US (3072 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); polio in Ghana (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (17 of its stories, about three 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 29 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 36,588 stories about harm among 193,464 counted on 29 May.

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Mentions of oil spill ran more than ten times their usual in Cuba's news. of the day's 193,464 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 29 May 2018, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Italy's news was 25% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia79 in 100 of its 299 stories · usually 54 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Myanmar77 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Syria68 in 100 of its 341 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal63 in 100 of its 648 stories · usually 46 · mostly health Somalia57 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Rome Italy169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 250 Washington US123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1052 Zubin Potok 74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 135 Nablus Palestine64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 86 Chicago US60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 360

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai 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 readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little angrier than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times 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'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than 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 warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFaroe Islands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sMonaco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 233 stories about harm ● Austria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 161 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 190 stories about harm ● Myanmar about twice as angry as the world's · 86 stories about harm ● Brazil about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 106 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 9,031 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Health24% 8,557 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents24% 8,490 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence13% 4,678 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,475 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,378 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 681 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 647 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 killed9,838 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,174 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,092 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,960 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees338 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Thailand and the US Stories reporting evacuations306 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced258 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions181 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill29 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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