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17,428 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 protests in Causeway Bay (Hong Kong), plane crash in Pakistan and people injured in Somalia. Hong Kong's coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 70 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostBrazil 63 in 100 of its 167 stories, usually 48
RegionSouth Asia 47 in 100 of its stories, usually 44
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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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

100 of its 180 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Causeway Bay accounted for 66 of Hong Kong's 100 stories about harm, carried by 427 outlets. 60 of Causeway Bay's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Causeway Bay stories →
Health

Pakistan

310 of its 548 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Karachi accounted for 151 of Pakistan's 310 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Plane crash was named in 108 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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

Iraq

38 of its 59 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. 8 of Baghdad's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 148 of Israel's 223 stories about harm, carried by 206 outlets. 83 of Jerusalem's 148 stories were about protests or strikes. Heatwave was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Health

Chile

17 of its 29 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).

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Health

Brazil

105 of its 167 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Tunisia

20 of its 27 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Health

Honduras

8 of its 9 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in New Zealand (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Australia (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Israel (25 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); house fires in Ireland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Nigeria (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

35 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 17,428 stories about harm among 49,691 counted on 24 May.

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Of the day's 49,691 news stories, 35 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 25 May 2019, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 35 today. This week the news turned most often to Bangladesh, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine67 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 51 · mostly health Afghanistan65 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq64 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 54 · mostly health Indonesia64 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 54 · mostly health Brazil63 in 100 of its 167 stories · usually 48 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beijing China153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 363 Jerusalem Israel83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148 Causeway Bay Hong Kong60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66 Washington US60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 690 Delhi India37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 400

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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'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'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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 readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFiji: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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

● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 121 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 100 stories about harm ● Brazil about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Libya few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 20 stories about harm ● Rwanda few stories about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 10 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health70% 12,155 stories · much less than usual (usually 76%) Rights & justice9% 1,593 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,418 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Conflict & violence5% 829 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 641 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 326 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 173 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 145 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 killed5,647 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,190 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests987 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured734 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees60 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and Palestine Stories reporting abductions53 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced46 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill42 at about the usual rate

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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