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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).

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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.

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: 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 lessKyrgyzstan: 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: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench 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: too little coverage to readEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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 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: too little coverage to readHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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 lessBahrain: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: too little coverage to readGaza: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: 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 usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPennsylvania, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 19 outletsAnkara, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 36 stories, carried by 79 outletsBogota, Colombia -- health: 12 stories, carried by 69 outletsWest Virginia, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 20 stories, carried by 33 outletsMerseyside, UK -- health: 27 stories, carried by 21 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 21 stories, carried by 15 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 52 stories, carried by 18 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

● Pennsylvania US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Ankara Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 36 stories ● Bogota Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● West Virginia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Geneva Switzerland 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 →

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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