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18,820 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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Protests in Colombo (Sri Lanka), illness in Havana and violence in Tehran drew the news. Sri Lanka's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 43 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSri Lanka 60 in 100 of its 408 stories, usually 43
RegionOceania 25 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 →
Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

244 of its 408 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Colombo accounted for 193 of Sri Lanka's 244 stories about harm, carried by 275 outlets. 181 of Colombo's 193 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (169 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Health

Cuba

49 of its 87 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Havana accounted for 23 of Cuba's 49 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (27 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 →
Conflict & violence

Iran

89 of its 163 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tehran accounted for 53 of Iran's 89 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories).

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

Morocco

26 of its 58 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Dominican Republic

11 of its 27 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 3 of Bellavista's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Togo

8 of its 16 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

194 of its 305 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Jenin accounted for 153 of Palestine's 194 stories about harm, carried by 369 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Netherlands

67 of its 234 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Grenada

6 of its 11 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 3 of Grand Anse's 3 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cyclone in India (80 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heatwave in Australia (22 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in Russia (17 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tsunami in China (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in US (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 18,820 stories about harm among 88,090 counted on 11 May.

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Of the day's 88,090 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 11 May 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine64 in 100 of its 305 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Syria61 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Sri Lanka60 in 100 of its 408 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Cuba56 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 48 · mostly health Iran55 in 100 of its 163 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Colombo Sri Lanka181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 193 Washington US135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 704 Kyiv Ukraine62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194 Delhi India48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 203 Jerusalem Israel42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: too little coverage to readItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualWyoming, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 16 outletsGlamorgan, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 16 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 21 stories, carried by 43 outletsAnantnag, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsPalm Beach County, US -- health: 22 stories, carried by 45 outletsMilan, Italy -- health: 11 stories, carried by 31 outletsNew Forest, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 16 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Wyoming US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Glamorgan UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Geneva Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Anantnag Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health43% 7,919 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 3,787 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 2,005 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,997 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,332 stories · more than usual (usually 5%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 683 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 477 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 392 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 killed3,963 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,609 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,560 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,038 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees255 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Syria Stories reporting people displaced169 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions122 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations84 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people falling ill23 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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