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What the world's news said happened to people.
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35,610 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 Causeway Bay (Hong Kong), illness in Seoul and plane crash in Pakistan. Hong Kong's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 70 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostChile 53 in 100 of its 73 stories, usually 26
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

176 of its 355 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 59 of Causeway Bay's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Causeway Bay stories →
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

333 of its 574 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Plane crash was named in 60 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with plague. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Belgium

Brussels accounted for 50 of Belgium's 58 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Argentina

38 of its 74 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Health

Brazil

200 of its 350 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Azerbaijan

26 of its 57 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Bangladesh

Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Saudi Arabia

Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Romania (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Vanuatu (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); malaria in France (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Israel (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (34 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).

32 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 35; 32 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 35,610 stories about harm among 111,838 counted on 27 May.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 12 March 2020. Romania's news mentioned outbreaks about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 28 May 2019, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 32 today. of the day's 111,838 news stories, 32 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 35.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 218 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh63 in 100 of its 172 stories · usually 59 · mostly health Rwanda62 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Syria62 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen61 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 73 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US220 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1675 Beijing China212 stories about protests or strikes, of its 472 Minneapolis US168 stories about protests or strikes, of its 237 New York US99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 591 Causeway Bay Hong Kong59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 76

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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'sSierra Leone: 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: too little coverage to readPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: 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: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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 readCzech 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: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: 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'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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage a little angrier 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

● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 115 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 56 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 114 stories about harm ● Brazil about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 200 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 109 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health70% 24,712 stories · much less than usual (usually 75%) Rights & justice12% 4,275 stories · more than usual (usually 8%) Disasters & accidents7% 2,608 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence3% 1,229 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 1,101 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 812 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 321 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 290 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 killed9,119 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,303 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,142 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,273 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees173 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations135 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions97 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill73 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China

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.