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22,119 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 earthquake in Mexico, flooding in Afghanistan and protests in Bogota (Colombia) drew the news. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 54 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMexico 60 in 100 of its 664 stories, usually 27
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
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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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Mexico

398 of its 664 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Mexico City accounted for 331 of Mexico's 398 stories about harm, carried by 753 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (278 stories). Earthquake was named in 74 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with train derailment. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories → Mexico City stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

159 of its 227 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Kabul accounted for 66 of Afghanistan's 159 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Flooding was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

73 of its 125 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 22 of Bogota's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Health

Denmark

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Outbreaks were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories →
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Health

India

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

Yangon accounted for 23 of Myanmar's 43 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. 14 of Yangon's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Saudi Arabia

94 of its 243 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Yemen

27 of its 33 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Hong Kong

51 of its 118 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Iran

76 of its 185 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Sri Lanka (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Australia (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in US (225 of its stories, about three times its usual); accidents in Canada (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in UK (23 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 22,119 stories about harm among 91,203 counted on 4 May.

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In Mexico's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 10 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 91,203 stories, below the usual 25. Mexico's news was 60% about people being harmed, against a usual 27%. On 4 May 2020, a year earlier, the share was 36 in every 100, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar81 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 81 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan70 in 100 of its 227 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Mexico60 in 100 of its 664 stories · usually 27 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Colombia58 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 38 · mostly rights & justice Nepal56 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 49 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 879 London UK44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 345 Chicago US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 182 Jerusalem Israel32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 93 Delhi India31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 499

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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: 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'sLatvia: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'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 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. 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 readChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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'sAustria: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuam: 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'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier 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 fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier 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 angrier 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 · 42 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 159 stories about harm ● Colombia about three times as angry as the world's · 73 stories about harm ● Mexico about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 398 stories about harm ● Armenia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Denmark few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 46 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health54% 11,884 stories · about as usual Rights & justice18% 4,047 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 2,045 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,553 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,006 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 487 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 441 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 437 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 killed5,815 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,606 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,601 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,313 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees267 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions150 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations63 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the UK and Ireland

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
● Griefa little less 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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