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17,104 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, violence in Tehran and heavy rain in South Africa drew the news. Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 46 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNorth Korea 83 in 100 of its 89 stories, usually 55
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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

74 of its 89 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Pyongyang accounted for 52 of North Korea's 74 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Measles was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Iran

202 of its 316 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tehran accounted for 130 of Iran's 202 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (32 stories). Building collapse was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Rights & justice

South Africa

327 of its 780 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Heavy rain was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with landslides.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories →
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Health

Switzerland

228 of its 994 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Ebola was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Bangladesh

115 of its 250 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Ghana

105 of its 302 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Flooding was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

25 of its 30 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Sanaa accounted for 13 of Yemen's 25 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

Philippines

264 of its 684 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (62 stories). Accidents were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Health

Canada

334 of its 1,052 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Tornadoes were named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts and storms.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Japan (39 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Bangladesh (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Iraq (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Ghana (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tornadoes in Canada (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 17,104 stories about harm among 75,863 counted on 23 May.

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Of the day's 75,863 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 23 May 2021, a year earlier, the share was 29 in every 100, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

North Korea83 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 55 · mostly health Ethiopia65 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 49 · mostly rights & justice Iran64 in 100 of its 316 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq52 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine50 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 540 Tokyo Japan40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125 Jerusalem Israel38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 Islamabad Pakistan27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 77 London UK25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 277

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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 readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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 readGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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 readAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTogo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 572 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 202 stories about harm ● North Korea about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 74 stories about harm ● Ghana about twice as fearful as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Palestine few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 34 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health46% 7,770 stories · more than usual (usually 42%) Rights & justice17% 2,904 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents12% 2,029 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,635 stories · less than usual (usually 12%) Food & livelihood6% 1,072 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 645 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 493 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 375 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 killed3,668 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,607 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,237 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees291 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced195 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting abductions141 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Japan and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations133 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about South Africa and the US Stories reporting people falling ill32 at about the usual rate

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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