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10,630 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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The day's news pointed at violence in Malabo, protests in Colombo (Sri Lanka) and illness in Buenos Aires. Equatorial Guinea's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostArgentina 50 in 100 of its 54 stories, usually 21
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

Colombo accounted for 40 of Sri Lanka's 58 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. 22 of Colombo's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Brazil

30 of its 83 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Rwanda

25 of its 39 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kigali accounted for 16 of Rwanda's 25 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Japan

102 of its 410 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Switzerland

50 of its 322 stories (16%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Outbreaks were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Building collapse was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

China

Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Heavy rain was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Libya

16 of its 29 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Iran (21 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); outbreaks in Switzerland (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Ukraine (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in China (12 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 28 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 10,630 stories about harm among 45,597 counted on 28 May.

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Mentions of the hurricane ran more than ten times their usual in Mexico's news. of the day's 45,597 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. Equatorial Guinea stood out: 81% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 30%. A year earlier, on 28 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 →

Palestine63 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir55 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Iran51 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Argentina50 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 21 · mostly health Afghanistan45 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Uvalde US195 stories about protests or strikes, of its 900 Washington US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 282 Houston US51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 99 Islamabad Pakistan34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 82 Jerusalem Israel23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 56

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: too little coverage to readYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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 readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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 lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican 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: too little coverage to readN. 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: 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: too little coverage to readBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: too little coverage to readCook 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readMali: warmth about its own usualKiribati: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualMontreal, Canada -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- food & livelihood: 39 stories, carried by 77 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 38 stories, carried by 16 outletsAnkara, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 18 outletsNottingham, UK -- health: 18 stories, carried by 12 outletsCalifornia, US -- health: 29 stories, carried by 84 outletsMinnesota, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 13 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

● Montreal Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 39 stories ● Glasgow UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 38 stories ● Ankara Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Nottingham UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health36% 3,757 stories · much less than usual (usually 42%) Conflict & violence19% 2,043 stories · much more than usual (usually 12%) Rights & justice19% 1,958 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 1,194 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 560 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 525 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 280 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 202 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 killed3,371 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected952 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests899 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured682 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees122 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced113 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting evacuations86 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and China Stories reporting abductions77 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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 much 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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