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22,065 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 day's news pointed at illness in Taipei, violence in Burkina Faso and protests in Washington (US). Burkina Faso's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India →
Part of lifeHealth 58 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostTaiwan 59 in 100 of its 101 stories, usually 42
RegionNorth America 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 40
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Mali

15 of its 22 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Denmark

18 of its 38 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Botswana

10 of its 18 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Malta

19 of its 44 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

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Philippines

Manila accounted for 110 of the Philippines' 278 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Earthquake was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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India

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Natural hazards were named in 64 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tuberculosis in Australia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in India (64 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

36 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 22,065 stories about harm among 61,951 counted on 30 May.

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Arrests were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India. Stories about people being harmed made up 36 in every 100 of the day's 61,951 stories, above the usual 34. Mentions of heavy rain ran about 9 times their usual in New Zealand's news. A year earlier, on 31 May 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 36 today. Taiwan stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 42%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines61 in 100 of its 456 stories · usually 56 · mostly health Taiwan59 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 42 · mostly health Bangladesh55 in 100 of its 221 stories · usually 60 · mostly health Palestine55 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 51 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Minneapolis US621 stories about protests or strikes, of its 695 Washington US548 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1077 Minnesota US212 stories about protests or strikes, of its 287 Atlanta US133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 176 Houston US125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 182

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: 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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: 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'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'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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 readEstonia: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: 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 readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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'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'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook 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: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 a little more fearful than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUS: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful 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 fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 82 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● South Sudan few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 20 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 90 stories about harm ● Brazil about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 14 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health58% 12,650 stories · much less than usual (usually 74%) Rights & justice25% 5,435 stories · much more than usual (usually 9%) Disasters & accidents6% 1,294 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence5% 1,086 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 670 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 390 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 219 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 158 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 killed6,358 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,340 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,290 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,057 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations127 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced91 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions75 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees63 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Palestine and the US Stories reporting people falling ill35 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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