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10,320 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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Violence in Havana, illness in Nassau and evacuations in Ukraine drew the news. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and the US →
Part of lifeHealth 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostCuba 85 in 100 of its 245 stories, usually 36
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Cuba

208 of its 245 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Havana accounted for 151 of Cuba's 208 stories about harm, carried by 388 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (162 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Health

Bahamas

37 of its 58 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Nassau accounted for 22 of the Bahamas' 37 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bahamas over 30 days → its stories → Nassau stories →
Displacement

Ukraine

464 of its 905 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (179 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Egypt

85 of its 152 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

29 of its 30 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Sanaa accounted for 17 of Yemen's 29 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).

its stories →
Health

Türkiye

58 of its 107 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Outbreaks were named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with respiratory illness.

its stories →
Health

India

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Cyclone was named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Ethiopia

Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

US

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Heatwave was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Türkiye (34 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in India (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in US (19 of its stories, about three times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 10,320 stories about harm among 45,497 counted on 7 May.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and the US. of the day's 45,497 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Cuba for the second day running. Cuba's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%. In Türkiye's news, mentions of outbreaks ran about 4 times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cuba85 in 100 of its 245 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Bahamas64 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 26 · mostly health Egypt56 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 25 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye54 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 39 · mostly health Ukraine51 in 100 of its 905 stories · usually 46 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321 Colombo Sri Lanka49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 63 Delhi India33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184 Kabul Afghanistan25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 53 Kharkiv Ukraine19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 53

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 readSenegal: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: 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'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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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): 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: 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 fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful 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 twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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

● Egypt about three times as fearful as the world's · 85 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 96 stories about harm ● Bahamas few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 464 stories about harm ● Nepal few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 22 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health40% 4,088 stories · less than usual (usually 43%) Rights & justice21% 2,144 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,198 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 1,181 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 473 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 446 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 394 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 266 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 killed2,444 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,091 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests893 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured833 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba Stories reporting evacuations247 at about twice the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting refugees118 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions68 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced63 at about half the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the Bahamas

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 harsher than 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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