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What the world's news said happened to people.
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20,976 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 arrests in el Salvador, people injured in Malaysia and refugees in Yemen. Israel's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 49 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostMalaysia 38 in 100 of its 375 stories, usually 26
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 44
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Rights & justice

El Salvador

22 of its 29 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

El Salvador over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Malaysia

144 of its 375 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Malaysia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

16 of its 21 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Kashmir

65 of its 123 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Jammu accounted for 37 of Kashmir's 65 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Plane crash was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with gas explosion. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bermuda

19 of its 40 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Hurricane was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

38 of its 95 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories).

its stories →
Health

Taiwan

73 of its 165 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Taipei accounted for 50 of Taiwan's 73 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets.

its stories →
Displacement

Mali

12 of its 22 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Bermuda (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Greece (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in China (46 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in France (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); road crashes in UK (93 of its stories, about 8 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 21 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 20,976 stories about harm among 87,781 counted on 21 May.

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Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 87,781 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 25. el Salvador stood out: 76% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%. Mentions of the hurricane ran about three times their usual in Bermuda's news. On 21 May 2020, a year earlier, the share was 32 in every 100, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel65 in 100 of its 2,008 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan56 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique54 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir53 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 44 · mostly health Bangladesh53 in 100 of its 177 stories · usually 48 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel402 stories about protests or strikes, of its 719 Washington US148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 713 Chicago US74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 236 Manhattan US61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155 New York US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 220

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: 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'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 readSaudi 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'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNiger: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLibya: 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'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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 readFrance: 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 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 readEgypt: 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: 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'sDR Congo: 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: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBarbados: 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: 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'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'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'sMaldives: 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

● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 1,310 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 74 stories about harm ● El Salvador few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 22 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 127 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 436 stories about harm ● New Zealand a little warmer than the world's · 116 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health49% 10,159 stories · less than usual (usually 53%) Rights & justice19% 3,841 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,498 stories · more than usual (usually 10%) Disasters & accidents10% 2,108 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 812 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 552 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 480 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 311 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 killed5,677 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,622 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,428 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,191 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced180 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees167 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions153 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations97 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill34 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 about as 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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