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18,130 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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Violence in Jammu, a disaster in Tivaouane and protests in Sergipe (Brazil) drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBrazil 32 in 100 of its 205 stories, usually 18
RegionNorth America 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

116 of its 182 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Jammu accounted for 47 of Kashmir's 116 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Disasters & accidents

Senegal

41 of its 85 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tivaouane accounted for 28 of Senegal's 41 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Tivaouane stories →
Health

Italy

80 of its 410 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Timor-Leste

19 of its 23 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Earthquake was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

85 of its 130 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Kabul accounted for 40 of Afghanistan's 85 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Polio was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Colombia

29 of its 58 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 6 of Bogota's 12 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Displacement

Equatorial Guinea

12 of its 22 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

21 of its 31 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. 8 of Khartoum's 9 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

31 of its 52 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Timor-Leste (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Iran (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); outbreaks in Nigeria (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Spain (13 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 27 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 18,130 stories about harm among 79,275 counted on 27 May.

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Timor-Leste's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. 23 in every 100 of the day's 79,275 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the third day running, the news turned to Kashmir. On 27 May 2021, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 23 today. Kashmir's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 51%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan65 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir64 in 100 of its 182 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda60 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine56 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia50 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Uvalde US228 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1515 Washington US67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 541 Islamabad Pakistan64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 118 Houston US53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126 Kyiv Ukraine41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 119

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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'sPuerto Rico: 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'sUnited Arab Emirates: 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'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: 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'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: 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'sGabon: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEl 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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: 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'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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'sAustralia: 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: feelings about like the world'sAksai 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 readZambia: 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'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTogo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer 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 about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sMaldives: 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 · 116 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 389 stories about harm ● Senegal few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 41 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 22 stories about harm ● Palestine few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 142 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health39% 7,073 stories · less than usual (usually 43%) Conflict & violence18% 3,230 stories · much more than usual (usually 12%) Rights & justice18% 3,208 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 1,829 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 979 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 857 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 435 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 316 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 killed5,412 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people affected1,412 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,400 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,014 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees194 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced142 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations108 at about half the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions67 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill29 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.