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22,083 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 news turned to the earthquake in Rwanda, protests in Baghdad (Iraq) and road crashes in Italy. Iraq's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about India and France →
Part of lifeHealth 50 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostRwanda 71 in 100 of its 80 stories, usually 50
RegionEast Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Rwanda

57 of its 80 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Earthquake was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

68 of its 101 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 24 of Baghdad's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Health

Italy

168 of its 540 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (81 stories). Road crashes were named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

89 of its 181 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Colombo accounted for 69 of Sri Lanka's 89 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Oil spill was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

10 of Dawei's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

China

739 of its 2,342 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Ebola was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 70 of Syria's 125 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Ethiopia

Tigray accounted for 38 of Ethiopia's 44 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Hunger was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Niger

17 of its 20 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cyclone in India (320 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Ethiopia (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); illness in Myanmar (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Ukraine (10 of its stories, about 7 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 26 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 22,083 stories about harm among 92,469 counted on 26 May.

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The news turned to Rwanda for the fifth day running. 24 in every 100 of the day's 92,469 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 25. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about India and France. On 26 May 2020, a year earlier, the share was 32 in every 100, against 24 today. Rwanda's news was 71% about people being harmed, against a usual 50%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda71 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 50 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq67 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Belarus60 in 100 of its 454 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Syria56 in 100 of its 223 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Israel55 in 100 of its 1,008 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 737 Jerusalem Israel142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 348 Minsk Belarus116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 236 Delhi India64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 380 Manhattan US55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: near the world's share or lessSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: no storiesPakistan: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: no storiesMalta: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIran: near the world's share or lessIndonesia: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: no storiesCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: near the world's share or lessPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: no storiesTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesCook Islands: no storiesAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: near the world's share or lessSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: near the world's share or lessGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: near the world's share or lessZambia: 41 in 100 of its 32 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Yemen: 54 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Vietnam: 37 in 100 of its 204 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Uganda: 37 in 100 of its 126 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Tunisia: 48 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Thailand: 38 in 100 of its 175 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Taiwan: 46 in 100 of its 210 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Syria: 56 in 100 of its 223 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Sudan: 53 in 100 of its 43 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Sri Lanka: 49 in 100 of its 181 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Somalia: 50 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)St Vincent: 73 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Rwanda: 71 in 100 of its 80 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Philippines: 40 in 100 of its 592 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Peru: 37 in 100 of its 67 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Nigeria: 33 in 100 of its 1,155 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Niger: 85 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Nepal: 39 in 100 of its 82 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Namibia: 39 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Mali: 35 in 100 of its 133 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Malaysia: 36 in 100 of its 326 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Libya: 43 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Lebanon: 37 in 100 of its 86 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Laos: 83 in 100 of its 6 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kyrgyzstan: 58 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Italy: 31 in 100 of its 540 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Israel: 55 in 100 of its 1,008 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 52 in 100 of its 146 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Iraq: 67 in 100 of its 101 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)India: 38 in 100 of its 4,459 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Iceland: 43 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Ethiopia: 51 in 100 of its 86 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Egypt: 40 in 100 of its 172 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Cyprus: 45 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Congo: 77 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Colombia: 35 in 100 of its 75 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)China: 32 in 100 of its 2,342 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Chad: 51 in 100 of its 78 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Cambodia: 47 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Myanmar: 75 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Burundi: 86 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Bolivia: 64 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Belgium: 38 in 100 of its 160 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Belarus: 60 in 100 of its 454 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Bangladesh: 46 in 100 of its 174 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Afghanistan: 49 in 100 of its 157 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kashmir: 54 in 100 of its 82 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)China: 32 in 100 of its 2,342 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 52 in 100 of its 146 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 52 in 100 of its 146 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kashmir: 54 in 100 of its 82 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kashmir: 54 in 100 of its 82 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 52 in 100 of its 146 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kashmir: 54 in 100 of its 82 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)St Kitts & Nevis: 60 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 24 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Belarus 60 in 100 of its 454 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Israel 55 in 100 of its 1,008 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Rwanda 71 in 100 of its 80 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Iraq 67 in 100 of its 101 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Syria 56 in 100 of its 223 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 52 in 100 of its 146 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health50% 10,903 stories · less than usual (usually 52%) Rights & justice21% 4,624 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents10% 2,226 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,910 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 885 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 485 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 415 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 405 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 killed5,925 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,727 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,705 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured997 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations301 at about three times the usual rate · most about India and France Stories reporting people displaced162 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions112 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill28 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.