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21,600 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 the earthquake in Rwanda, violence in Bamako and protests in Baghdad (Iraq). Iraq's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 49 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostRwanda 76 in 100 of its 84 stories, usually 48
RegionSoutheast Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 37
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Rwanda

64 of its 84 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

91 of its 218 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Bamako accounted for 73 of Mali's 91 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Bamako stories →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

55 of its 85 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. 23 of Baghdad's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Malaysia

190 of its 462 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (78 stories). Accidents were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

90 of its 180 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Storms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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Rights & justice

Egypt

68 of its 186 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Peru

36 of its 104 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Bahrain

24 of its 52 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Oman

25 of its 66 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 8 of Sohar's 8 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Congo (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Kyrgyzstan (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Sri Lanka (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); accidents in Malaysia (14 of its stories, more than ten 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 25 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 21,600 stories about harm among 89,309 counted on 25 May.

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For the fourth day running, the news turned to Rwanda. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 89,309 stories, as usual. On 25 May 2020, a year earlier, the share was 33 in every 100, against 24 today. In Rwanda, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 48% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar83 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Rwanda76 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 48 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen66 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq65 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir64 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 46 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Minsk Belarus193 stories about protests or strikes, of its 387 Jerusalem Israel191 stories about protests or strikes, of its 420 Washington US180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 797 Minneapolis US52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 90 Delhi India51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 336

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: 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'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'sPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: 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'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'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: 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'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'sGermany: 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: 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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: 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: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: 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'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'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 · 670 stories about harm ● Chad few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 15 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 55 stories about harm ● Rwanda about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 64 stories about harm ● Belarus about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 448 stories about harm ● Peru few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 36 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health49% 10,415 stories · less than usual (usually 53%) Rights & justice22% 4,770 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents10% 2,084 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 2,031 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 854 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 510 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 423 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 killed5,521 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,771 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,649 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,066 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations166 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting people displaced147 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions128 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees110 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill27 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 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.