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9,256 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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Illness in Pyongyang, people killed in Pakistan and protests in Jammu (Kashmir) drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostNorth Korea 92 in 100 of its 96 stories, usually 33
RegionEast Asia 31 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

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Health

North Korea

88 of its 96 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Pyongyang accounted for 66 of North Korea's 88 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Pakistan

264 of its 627 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (128 stories). Drought was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with heatstroke and cholera. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Food & livelihood

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 42 of Lebanon's 49 stories about harm, carried by 238 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Power cuts were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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

United Arab Emirates

37 of its 162 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Illness was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

57 of its 83 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

US

2,965 of its 9,730 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (610 stories). Oil spill was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Japan

12 of Okinawa's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

Colombo accounted for 47 of Sri Lanka's 67 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. 37 of Colombo's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 143 of Israel's 208 stories about harm, carried by 336 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in United Arab Emirates (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Australia (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in India (30 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in UK (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 9,256 stories about harm among 39,226 counted on 15 May.

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The news turned to North Korea for the fourth day running. 24 in every 100 of the day's 39,226 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. In North Korea, 92% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual. Lebanon's news mentioned power cuts about 9 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 15 May 2021, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. This week the news turned most often to North Korea, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

North Korea92 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 33 · mostly health Palestine69 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia62 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir58 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Israel48 in 100 of its 437 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 369 Jerusalem Israel57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143 Sokoto Nigeria51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 57 Kurochka Russia49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 49 Colombo Sri Lanka37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 47

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: too little coverage to readVietnam: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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: 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'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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 readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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'sBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: 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: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican 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 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: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUS: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice 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 a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuernsey: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 208 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 264 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Ukraine a little warmer than the world's · 327 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health36% 3,265 stories · much less than usual (usually 43%) Conflict & violence20% 1,845 stories · much more than usual (usually 12%) Rights & justice20% 1,844 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 1,043 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 437 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 362 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 187 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 168 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 killed2,948 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured1,048 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting arrests745 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected695 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees105 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Lebanon Stories reporting evacuations77 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced62 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions49 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US

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 one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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