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15,005 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 illness in Jakarta, protests in Yerevan (Armenia) and violence in Kyiv. Morocco's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 45 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGreece 38 in 100 of its 151 stories, usually 24
RegionEast Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Indonesia

54 of its 121 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jakarta accounted for 30 of Indonesia's 54 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Plague was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
Protests & strikes

Armenia

33 of its 77 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Yerevan accounted for 29 of Armenia's 33 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. 23 of Yerevan's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories).

Armenia over 30 days → its stories → Yerevan stories →
Displacement

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 254 of Ukraine's 786 stories about harm, carried by 500 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (213 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Conflict & violence

Morocco

16 of its 38 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

China

464 of its 1,184 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (84 stories). Building collapse was named in 54 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.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Pakistan

168 of its 528 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

France

Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories). Illness was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Chile

8 of Santiago's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Spain

9 of Barcelona's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: illness in France (29 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drought in Iraq (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in India (74 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 15,005 stories about harm among 68,146 counted on 2 May.

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In Nigeria's news, mentions of building collapse ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 68,146 stories, as usual. On 2 May 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 22 today. In Indonesia, 45% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Syria55 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Ethiopia54 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine51 in 100 of its 1,541 stories · usually 46 · mostly displacement Iraq45 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 490 Boston US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 Manhattan US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109 Jerusalem Israel28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 86 Paris France26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 63

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSouth 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'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: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readRomania: 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'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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 readMoldova: 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'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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'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'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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'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: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: 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: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readZambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSuriname: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier 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 angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArgentina: 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMaldives: coverage a little angrier 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

● Morocco few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 16 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 786 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 458 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 180 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 29 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health45% 6,629 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 2,837 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 1,697 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,451 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Food & livelihood5% 694 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 630 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 551 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 366 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 killed3,084 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,458 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,190 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured925 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations305 at about twice the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting refugees207 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced126 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions100 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill5 at about half the usual rate · most about the UK and the US

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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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