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23,359 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 violence in Baghdad, the tsunami in Puerto Rico and abductions in Brazil. Iraq's coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 77 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostPuerto Rico 87 in 100 of its 76 stories, usually 60
RegionCentral Asia 46 in 100 of its stories, usually 41
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

49 of its 73 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Baghdad accounted for 32 of Iraq's 49 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

66 of its 76 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Tsunami was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Puerto Rico over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Brazil

76 of its 138 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Chile

16 of its 34 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Uzbekistan

11 of its 11 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

83 of its 157 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Earthquake was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.

its stories →
Health

Sweden

43 of its 85 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Egypt

Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Botswana

3 of Gaborone's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Greece (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in South Korea (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Kenya (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); ebola in Japan (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Canada (29 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

37 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 39; 35 the day before
44 in 10035 in 1003 Apr10 Apr17 Apr24 Apr2 May3 Apr: 40 in 1004 Apr: 42 in 1005 Apr: 44 in 1006 Apr: 41 in 1007 Apr: 40 in 1008 Apr: 40 in 1009 Apr: 39 in 10010 Apr: 41 in 10011 Apr: 43 in 10012 Apr: 44 in 10013 Apr: 42 in 10014 Apr: 40 in 10015 Apr: 39 in 10016 Apr: 38 in 10017 Apr: 38 in 10018 Apr: 40 in 10019 Apr: 42 in 10020 Apr: 38 in 10021 Apr: 37 in 10022 Apr: 37 in 10023 Apr: 37 in 10024 Apr: 36 in 10025 Apr: 37 in 10026 Apr: 39 in 10027 Apr: 37 in 10028 Apr: 37 in 10029 Apr: 36 in 10030 Apr: 35 in 1001 May: 35 in 1002 May: 37 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 23,359 stories about harm among 63,476 counted on 2 May.

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Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Greece's news. A year earlier, on 3 May 2019, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 37 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 37 in every 100 of the day's 63,476 stories, below the usual 39. Iraq's news was 67% about people being harmed, against a usual 54%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico87 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 60 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan70 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir69 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq67 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines62 in 100 of its 449 stories · usually 63 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1073 Orange County US74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 123 Mckinley County US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 46 New York US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 302 Delhi India34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 444

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'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'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBosnia 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'sBelarus: 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'sAustria: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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 readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: 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'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier 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 grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful 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

● Iraq few stories about 4 times as angry as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 110 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 93 stories about harm ● Brazil about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 76 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 68 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 31 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health77% 17,763 stories · much less than usual (usually 82%) Rights & justice8% 1,915 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Disasters & accidents5% 1,146 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence3% 796 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 764 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 420 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 203 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 187 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 killed7,633 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,587 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,297 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,002 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations98 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions90 at about twice the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees80 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting people falling ill76 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced55 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US

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