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9,028 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 illness in Havana, deaths in Mount Everest and flooding in Kashmir. Kashmir's coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and the US →
Part of lifeHealth 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostCuba 83 in 100 of its 121 stories, usually 43
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Health

Cuba

101 of its 121 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Havana accounted for 60 of Cuba's 101 stories about harm, carried by 219 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (56 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 →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Nepal

45 of its 80 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Mount Everest accounted for 27 of Nepal's 45 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Mount Everest stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

55 of its 97 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

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

Bahamas

42 of its 54 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. New Providence accounted for 21 of the Bahamas' 42 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

99 of its 182 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

232 of its 400 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jerusalem accounted for 106 of Israel's 232 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

616 of its 1,156 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (161 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Türkiye

54 of its 87 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Health

Laos

9 of its 10 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Bangladesh (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Pakistan (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plane crash in Philippines (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in UK (14 of its stories, about 7 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 8 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 9,028 stories about harm among 39,298 counted on 8 May.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Cuba. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 39,298 stories, as usual. Mentions of the cyclone ran more than ten times their usual in Bangladesh's news. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and the US. Cuba stood out: 83% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 43%. This week the news turned most often to Cuba, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cuba83 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 43 · mostly health Bahamas78 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 28 · mostly health Syria65 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye62 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 40 · mostly health Israel58 in 100 of its 400 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 230 Beijing China34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 89 Delhi India31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 127 Colombo Sri Lanka28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 36 Kabul Afghanistan24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 54

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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 readSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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'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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: 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: too little coverage to readN. 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: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times 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 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times 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 4 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 about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 55 stories about harm ● Egypt about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 99 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 232 stories about harm ● Bahamas few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 616 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 229 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health39% 3,532 stories · less than usual (usually 43%) Rights & justice18% 1,634 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 1,483 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Disasters & accidents11% 972 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 393 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 380 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 351 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 201 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 killed2,566 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people affected1,213 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people injured784 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting arrests743 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations213 at about twice the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting refugees184 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced121 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting abductions56 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about twice the usual rate · most about Nepal 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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