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18,982 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 protests in Colombo (Sri Lanka), illness in Pyongyang and a disaster in Ljubljana. Sri Lanka's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Chile →
Part of lifeHealth 46 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNorth Korea 80 in 100 of its 275 stories, usually 14
RegionEast Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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

178 of its 353 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Colombo accounted for 130 of Sri Lanka's 178 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. 117 of Colombo's 130 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (104 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

North Korea

220 of its 275 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Pyongyang accounted for 182 of North Korea's 220 stories about harm, carried by 323 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Outbreaks were named in 171 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flu.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Conflict & violence

Belarus

17 of its 32 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Train derailment was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Hong Kong

66 of its 129 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 8 of Hong Kong Island's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Togo

9 of its 15 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 57 of Iran's 81 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 130 of Israel's 267 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Austria

36 of its 88 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Health

South Korea

104 of its 355 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Outbreaks were named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in South Korea (37 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hepatitis in Ireland (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Australia (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in India (43 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Israel (12 of its stories, more than ten 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 12 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 18,982 stories about harm among 89,434 counted on 12 May.

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People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Chile. 21 in every 100 of the day's 89,434 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. In North Korea's news, mentions of outbreaks ran more than ten times their usual. the news turned to Sri Lanka for the second day running. On 12 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 →

North Korea80 in 100 of its 275 stories · usually 14 · mostly health Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice Syria54 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine54 in 100 of its 202 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong51 in 100 of its 129 stories · usually 38 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 859 Colombo Sri Lanka117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130 Kyiv Ukraine60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 183 Beijing China47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168 Chicago US45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: 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: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'sMalaysia: 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: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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 readKazakhstan: 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'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: 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 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTonga: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTogo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as angry 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: 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'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about 4 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 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sGuernsey: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Palestine about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 109 stories about harm ● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Morocco few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 20 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 610 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 267 stories about harm ● Hong Kong a little warmer than the world's · 66 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health46% 8,601 stories · more than usual (usually 43%) Rights & justice19% 3,510 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 1,933 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,793 stories · less than usual (usually 12%) Food & livelihood7% 1,361 stories · more than usual (usually 5%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 661 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 464 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 460 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 killed3,975 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,551 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,546 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,042 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees248 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting evacuations177 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced145 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill37 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Chile

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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