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14,101 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 protests in Khartoum (Sudan), plane crash in Nepal and violence in Kigali. Rwanda's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNepal 81 in 100 of its 323 stories, usually 33
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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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Protests & strikes

Sudan

38 of its 59 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Khartoum accounted for 23 of Sudan's 38 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 20 of Khartoum's 23 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.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

263 of its 323 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Pokhara accounted for 162 of Nepal's 263 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (205 stories). Plane crash was named in 99 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Pokhara stories →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

41 of its 59 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Kigali accounted for 25 of Rwanda's 41 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Brazil

88 of its 181 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Recife accounted for 51 of Brazil's 88 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Mexico

134 of its 257 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Storm surge was named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm.

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Conflict & violence

Chad

14 of its 22 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Armenia

23 of its 65 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 14 of Yerevan's 19 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Equatorial Guinea

7 of its 9 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Building collapse was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: storm surge in Mexico (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Iran (28 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Ukraine (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Kenya (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in China (10 of its stories, about 5 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 30 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 14,101 stories about harm among 61,050 counted on 30 May.

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Nepal's news mentioned plane crash more than ten times as often as usual. 23 in every 100 of the day's 61,050 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Sudan. A year earlier, on 30 May 2021, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. Sudan's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 50%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nepal81 in 100 of its 323 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents Rwanda69 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan64 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice North Korea63 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 60 · mostly health Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Uvalde US107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 581 Jerusalem Israel59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 120 Washington US41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 276 London UK28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 233 Delhi India27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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'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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-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'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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 readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUS: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times 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'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: 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'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than 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 a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as 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 · 61 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 468 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 115 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 203 stories about harm ● Ireland about twice as fearful as the world's · 146 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health38% 5,286 stories · less than usual (usually 42%) Conflict & violence17% 2,342 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Rights & justice17% 2,305 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents13% 1,873 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 753 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 697 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 372 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 262 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 killed4,085 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,250 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,097 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,061 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees137 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions102 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations77 at about half the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about half the usual rate · most about Canada and the US

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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