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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.

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 lessMali: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 lessJamaica: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: too little coverage to readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: 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 lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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 lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSudan: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualWisbech, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsTowie, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 12 outletsMilan, Italy -- health: 93 stories, carried by 110 outletsSouth Dakota, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 26 outletsLarimer County, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsDundalk, Ireland -- health: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsQuebec, Canada -- health: 72 stories, carried by 94 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 85 stories, carried by 161 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

● Romania warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Wisbech UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Towie UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Milan Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 93 stories ● South Dakota US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Larimer County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

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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