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What the world's news said happened to people.
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21,541 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 protests in Bogota (Colombia), arrests in the Maldives and illness in Kathmandu. Colombia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 55 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMaldives 72 in 100 of its 96 stories, usually 23
RegionCentral Asia 45 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

74 of its 123 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 20 of Bogota's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Maldives

69 of its 96 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Maldives over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Uganda

57 of its 124 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 171 of Israel's 245 stories about harm, carried by 225 outlets. 94 of Jerusalem's 171 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Brazil

145 of its 300 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Health

Tunisia

27 of its 47 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tunis accounted for 24 of Tunisia's 27 stories about harm, carried by 9 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Sri Lanka

73 of its 183 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Colombo accounted for 48 of Sri Lanka's 73 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

US

Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (112 stories). Malaria was named in 57 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: covid in Malaysia (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in South Africa (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tuberculosis in Nigeria (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); malaria in US (57 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 21,541 stories about harm among 89,707 counted on 7 May.

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For the sixth day running, the news turned to Colombia. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 89,707 stories, below the usual 25. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. In Malaysia's news, mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual. On 7 May 2020, a year earlier, the share was 34 in every 100, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Maldives72 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 23 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal66 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 49 · mostly health Colombia60 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Palestine57 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq56 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US167 stories about protests or strikes, of its 875 Jerusalem Israel94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 171 Chicago US32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 135 Moscow Russia29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 85 San Francisco US25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: 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'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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 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'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'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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful 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 angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful 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'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice 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 angry as the world'sPalestine: 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 a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: 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'sSt Kitts & Nevis: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMaldives: coverage about twice as angry 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

● Brazil about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 145 stories about harm ● Armenia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 41 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as angry as the world's · 74 stories about harm ● Uganda about twice as angry as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Maldives about twice as angry as the world's · 69 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health55% 11,779 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 4,296 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,597 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,403 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 774 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 668 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 479 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 297 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 killed5,342 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,615 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,528 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,220 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions257 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees119 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting evacuations110 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nepal and the US Stories reporting people falling ill30 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Egypt 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 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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