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36,546 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 Iran, protests in Freetown (Sierra Leone) and violence in Caracas. Sierra Leone's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about India and the US →
Part of lifeHealth 74 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostPalestine 77 in 100 of its 131 stories, usually 56
RegionCentral Asia 48 in 100 of its stories, usually 42
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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Health

Iran

190 of its 320 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Tehran accounted for 133 of Iran's 190 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Earthquake was named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
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Health

Palestine

101 of its 131 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Ramallah accounted for 78 of Palestine's 101 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

Tripoli accounted for 49 of Libya's 57 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Chile

27 of its 69 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

North Korea

32 of its 65 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Pyongyang accounted for 27 of North Korea's 32 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets.

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Health

Argentina

35 of its 70 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Nicaragua

8 of its 10 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Somalia (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Rwanda (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Uganda (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in South Africa (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

33 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 38; 34 the day before
44 in 10033 in 1009 Apr16 Apr23 Apr30 Apr8 May9 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 1003 May: 38 in 1004 May: 36 in 1005 May: 35 in 1006 May: 35 in 1007 May: 34 in 1008 May: 33 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 36,546 stories about harm among 110,105 counted on 8 May.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 13 March 2020. of the day's 110,105 news stories, 33 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 38. Iran's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about India and the US.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sierra Leone84 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 63 · mostly health Palestine77 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 56 · mostly health Yemen74 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 75 · mostly health Venezuela72 in 100 of its 191 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Syria67 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US154 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1701 Glynn County US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 154 Beijing China45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 317 Dallas US38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 187 London UK36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 488

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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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'sTurkmenistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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 Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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'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'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: 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'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readComoros: 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: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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'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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readCook 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times 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'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: 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'sSlovenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage a little angrier than the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBenin: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: coverage a little warmer 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

● Palestine about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 101 stories about harm ● Libya about three times as angry as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Sierra Leone few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Kashmir about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Nicaragua few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 8 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health74% 26,872 stories · much less than usual (usually 80%) Rights & justice9% 3,294 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Disasters & accidents5% 1,797 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence4% 1,480 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 1,076 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 792 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 529 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 458 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 killed10,288 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,815 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,051 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,407 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations334 at about twice the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting refugees184 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions120 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria

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
● 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.