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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.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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 lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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 lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: too little coverage to readPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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 lessIraq: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: 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 lessAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish 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: too little coverage to readCook 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualExeter, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsOregon, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 19 outletsColchester, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 14 outletsIllinois, US -- health: 25 stories, carried by 23 outletsKano, Nigeria -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 30 stories, carried by 16 outletsAnkara, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 51 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- health: 19 stories, carried by 22 outletsCarrigtwohill, Ireland -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 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

● Exeter UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Colchester UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Illinois US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 25 stories ● Kano Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 30 stories

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.