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What the world's news said happened to people.
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9,283 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 violence in Kyiv and Kabul and protests in Casablanca (Morocco). Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and the US →
Part of lifeHealth 42 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGreece 46 in 100 of its 78 stories, usually 24
RegionCentral Asia 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Displacement

Ukraine

734 of its 1,268 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kyiv accounted for 306 of Ukraine's 734 stories about harm, carried by 752 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (222 stories). Flooding was named in 43 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis, tornadoes and wildfires. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Protests & strikes

Morocco

12 of its 29 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 9 of Casablanca's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Egypt

42 of its 105 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 6 of Cairo's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Protests & strikes

France

80 of its 307 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 33 of Paris' 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Türkiye

Istanbul accounted for 20 of Türkiye's 28 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. 17 of Istanbul's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Canada

35 of Ottawa's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Pakistan

192 of its 543 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories).

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Health

China

316 of its 764 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (28 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Italy (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in India (56 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hepatitis in US (69 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 9,283 stories about harm among 39,823 counted on 1 May.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and the US. of the day's 39,823 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Italy's news mentioned outbreaks about 4 times as often as usual. On 1 May 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 23 today. In Ukraine, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 45% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Türkiye, on 3 of 7 days. Over April, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 in April 2021.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan75 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine58 in 100 of its 1,268 stories · usually 45 · mostly displacement Iraq57 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Taiwan48 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 32 · mostly health Greece46 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 24 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 356 Ottawa Canada35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 42 Paris France33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 50 Jerusalem Israel32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78 Kyiv Ukraine31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 306

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'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'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: 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'sEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBahrain: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSuriname: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMoldova: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times 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 three times as fearful as the world's · 25 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 88 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 734 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 138 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 191 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 222 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health42% 3,824 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 1,716 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,163 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 1,016 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 468 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Food & livelihood5% 426 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 327 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 247 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 killed2,186 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected995 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests902 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured604 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations280 at about three times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting refugees164 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced88 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions69 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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