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18,180 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 news turned to illness in Pyongyang, flooding in Syria and protests in Jerusalem (Israel). Israel's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and North Korea →
Part of lifeHealth 43 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNorth Korea 85 in 100 of its 196 stories, usually 23
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
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 →
Health

North Korea

166 of its 196 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Pyongyang accounted for 130 of North Korea's 166 stories about harm, carried by 256 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (104 stories). Drought was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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

Syria

71 of its 95 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

307 of its 548 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jerusalem accounted for 202 of Israel's 307 stories about harm, carried by 397 outlets. 108 of Jerusalem's 202 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Sri Lanka

Colombo accounted for 101 of Sri Lanka's 135 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. 88 of Colombo's 101 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

141 of its 189 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Jammu accounted for 86 of Kashmir's 141 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

South Korea

83 of its 315 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories). Outbreaks were named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (64 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bolivia

23 of its 31 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in South Korea (41 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in South Africa (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Russia (11 of its stories, about three 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 13 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 18,180 stories about harm among 82,884 counted on 13 May.

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North Korea's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 82,884 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and North Korea. It was the second day running that the news turned to North Korea. A year earlier, on 13 May 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

North Korea85 in 100 of its 196 stories · usually 23 · mostly health Syria75 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir75 in 100 of its 189 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Puerto Rico69 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 24 · mostly disasters & accidents Haiti66 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 58 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US157 stories about protests or strikes, of its 785 Jerusalem Israel108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 202 Kyiv Ukraine94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 267 Colombo Sri Lanka88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101 Delhi India64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 244

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: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: 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 lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: 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 lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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 lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR 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 lessHong Kong: 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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 readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualCroatia: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualNevada, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsConnecticut, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsUdaipur, India -- food & livelihood: 16 stories, carried by 12 outletsAnkara, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 41 outletsGreat Barrier Reef, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 16 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 41 stories, carried by 23 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

● Nevada US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Connecticut US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Udaipur India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 16 stories ● Ankara Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Great Barrier Reef Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health43% 7,668 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 3,451 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 2,120 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,117 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 1,122 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 699 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 463 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 358 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 killed4,272 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,664 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,528 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,183 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees290 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations233 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced153 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions124 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill43 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and North Korea

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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