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34,153 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 Baghdad (Iraq), a disaster in Konarak and illness in Seoul. Libya's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 75 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostIran 75 in 100 of its 584 stories, usually 49
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 51 in 100 of its stories, usually 49
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

73 of its 114 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Baghdad accounted for 47 of Iraq's 73 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. 34 of Baghdad's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Iran

436 of its 584 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Konarak accounted for 168 of Iran's 436 stories about harm, carried by 274 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (265 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

South Korea

281 of its 535 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Seoul accounted for 168 of South Korea's 281 stories about harm, carried by 241 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories → Seoul stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

92 of its 161 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 40 of Mong Kok's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

32 of its 53 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Health

Maldives

18 of its 23 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Health

Jordan

44 of its 114 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Equatorial Guinea

7 of its 9 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

18 of its 26 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hiv in Malawi (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Bangladesh (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Israel (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); helicopter crash in Canada (19 of its stories, about three times its usual).

34 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 37; 38 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 34,153 stories about harm among 100,870 counted on 11 May.

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Mentions of HIV ran more than ten times their usual in Malawi's news. For the second day running, the news turned to Iraq. Stories about people being harmed made up 34 in every 100 of the day's 100,870 stories, below the usual 37. On 12 May 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 34 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iran75 in 100 of its 584 stories · usually 49 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen74 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 75 · mostly health Libya73 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan69 in 100 of its 175 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia67 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 70 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1724 Gulf of Oman Iran57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88 Mong Kok Hong Kong40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48 Delhi India37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 475 Beijing China35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 267

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 lessUnited Arab Emirates: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: too little coverage to readSudan: 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 lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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 lessNiger: 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 lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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 lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: 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 lessLuxembourg: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: 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 lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readFrench 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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 readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualAguelhok, Mali -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 20 outletsElmhurst, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 10 outletsMaine, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 46 stories, carried by 49 outletsTowie, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 17 outletsVienna, Austria -- health: 12 stories, carried by 20 outletsBuhari, Nigeria -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 23 stories, carried by 18 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

● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Aguelhok Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Elmhurst US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 46 stories ● Towie UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health75% 25,587 stories · less than usual (usually 79%) Rights & justice8% 2,822 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents5% 1,850 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence3% 1,186 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 1,120 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 654 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 339 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 337 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 killed10,013 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,263 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,864 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,686 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees150 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill87 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting abductions64 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 about as 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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