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19,698 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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Most of the day's attention went to volcanic eruption in North Korea, protests in Khorog (Tajikistan) and people affected in Chad. Chad's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 42 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNorth Korea 82 in 100 of its 157 stories, usually 45
RegionCentral Asia 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

North Korea

129 of its 157 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Pyongyang accounted for 82 of North Korea's 129 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (87 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Protests & strikes

Tajikistan

16 of its 23 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 7 of Khorog's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Tajikistan over 30 days → its stories → Khorog stories →
Shelter & services

Chad

14 of its 30 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Sri Lanka

Colombo accounted for 75 of Sri Lanka's 123 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. 63 of Colombo's 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected 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. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Mozambique

20 of its 28 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Polio was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Health

Portugal

26 of its 90 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Illness was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Health

Taiwan

Taipei accounted for 43 of Taiwan's 69 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Niger

5 of Tera's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

Norway

Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Portugal (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in Mozambique (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Bangladesh (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in Japan (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in India (72 of its stories, about 6 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 18 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 19,698 stories about harm among 89,708 counted on 18 May.

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The news turned to North Korea for the seventh day running. 22 in every 100 of the day's 89,708 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Mozambique's news, mentions of the polio ran more than ten times their usual. North Korea stood out: 82% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 45%. On 18 May 2021, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

North Korea82 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 45 · mostly health Syria61 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia54 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Sri Lanka51 in 100 of its 241 stories · usually 45 · mostly food & livelihood Iran49 in 100 of its 141 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US157 stories about protests or strikes, of its 838 Colombo Sri Lanka63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 75 Azovstal Ukraine54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173 Faribault US41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 49 Jerusalem Israel39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 89

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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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: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: 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'sSingapore: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: 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: 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'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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'sLatvia: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTonga: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuernsey: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMonaco: 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

● Belarus few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 24 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 683 stories about harm ● Finland few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 207 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 111 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health42% 8,108 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 3,999 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,276 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 1,997 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,415 stories · more than usual (usually 5%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 748 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 589 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 346 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 killed4,532 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,543 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,478 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,269 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations196 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees181 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced152 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions122 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill39 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and South 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 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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