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18,753 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 people killed in Congo, protests in Bogota (Colombia) and violence in Ramallah. Colombia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 53 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPuerto Rico 57 in 100 of its 63 stories, usually 25
RegionCentral Asia 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Congo

23 of its 26 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Ebola was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

47 of its 82 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 16 of Bogota's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

38 of its 63 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Ramallah accounted for 26 of Palestine's 38 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Ramallah stories →
Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

36 of its 63 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Myanmar

Yangon accounted for 30 of Myanmar's 51 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. 29 of Yangon's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Namibia

28 of its 60 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Windhoek accounted for 24 of Namibia's 28 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

20 of its 23 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

143 of its 201 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

97 of its 243 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 73 of Iran's 97 stories about harm, carried by 287 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (38 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

107 of its 192 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Taiwan (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); ebola in DR Congo (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drownings in Libya (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 25 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 18,753 stories about harm among 75,093 counted on 3 May.

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25 in every 100 of the day's 75,093 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 3 May 2020, 38 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar88 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 81 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 201 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Syria66 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal64 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 47 · mostly health Palestine60 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 641 Delhi India31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 500 Yangon Myanmar29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 30 Tehran Iran29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 73 Elizabeth City US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 51

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: 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: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: 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'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: 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'sNicaragua: 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 readNepal: 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 readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: 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'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIran: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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'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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: 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'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLatvia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChad: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Denmark few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 143 stories about harm ● Namibia few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 28 stories about harm ● Niger few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 20 stories about harm ● Armenia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Palestine few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 38 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health53% 9,911 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 3,463 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 1,918 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,344 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 822 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 411 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 404 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 284 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 killed5,253 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,493 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,414 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,120 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees172 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced115 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations67 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill18 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 softer 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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