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20,227 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 a disaster in Tivaouane, violence in Jammu and protests in Islamabad (Pakistan). Kashmir's coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostSenegal 67 in 100 of its 108 stories, usually 29
RegionNorth America 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Senegal

72 of its 108 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tivaouane accounted for 52 of Senegal's 72 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Tivaouane stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

106 of its 155 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Jammu accounted for 51 of Kashmir's 106 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

314 of its 775 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Islamabad accounted for 149 of Pakistan's 314 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. 112 of Islamabad's 149 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (82 stories).

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Health

Switzerland

130 of its 769 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Switzerland over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

113 of its 166 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Kabul accounted for 69 of Afghanistan's 113 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

29 of its 35 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

US

8,292 of its 26,947 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (3,783 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 51 of Iran's 116 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Ghana

120 of its 377 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Flooding was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Dominican Republic

Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Peru (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Italy (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ghana (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Nigeria (26 of its stories, about three times its usual); accidents in Iran (11 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 26 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 20,227 stories about harm among 87,833 counted on 26 May.

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In Peru's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 87,833 stories, as usual. Senegal's news was 67% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. A year earlier, on 26 May 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Kashmir68 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan68 in 100 of its 166 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Senegal67 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 29 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine53 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Syria53 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Uvalde US169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1767 Islamabad Pakistan112 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 Washington US90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 722 Davos Switzerland38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 92 Chicago US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 206

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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 lessSwitzerland: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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 lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 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: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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 lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualChad: warmth about its own usualMissouri, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 17 outletsBillericay, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- health: 19 stories, carried by 13 outletsSaskatchewan, Canada -- health: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 20 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 16 stories, carried by 37 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- health: 17 stories, carried by 68 outletsDamascus, Syria -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 15 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

● Missouri US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Billericay UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Saskatchewan Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health40% 7,966 stories · less than usual (usually 43%) Conflict & violence19% 3,783 stories · much more than usual (usually 12%) Rights & justice17% 3,376 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents9% 1,799 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 1,205 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,024 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 514 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 307 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 killed6,174 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting arrests1,459 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,427 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,226 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees175 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced118 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions77 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations64 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill27 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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.