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24,522 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 landslides in Rwanda, protests in Vientiane (Laos) and train derailment in Russia. Rwanda's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRwanda 79 in 100 of its 101 stories, usually 45
RegionCentral Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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

Rwanda

80 of its 101 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (13 stories). Landslides were named in 49 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, storms and drownings. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Laos

26 of its 36 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Vientiane accounted for 22 of Laos' 26 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. 19 of Vientiane's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Laos over 30 days → its stories → Vientiane stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

703 of its 1,427 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kremlin accounted for 550 of Russia's 703 stories about harm, carried by 943 outlets. Train derailment was named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Kremlin stories →
Health

Brazil

132 of its 371 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (60 stories). Covid was named in 77 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Belarus

47 of its 90 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Minsk accounted for 42 of Belarus' 47 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. 22 of Minsk's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

80 of its 140 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Gaza accounted for 42 of Palestine's 80 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. 22 of Gaza's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

70 of its 149 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Avalanche was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Displacement

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 217 of Sudan's 381 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Pakistan

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Heavy rain was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Eritrea

11 of its 20 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Mexico (42 of its stories, about three times its usual); avalanche in Nepal (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Ukraine (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Italy (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 24,522 stories about harm among 132,048 counted on 3 May.

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In Brazil's news, mentions of Covid ran about 5 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 132,048 stories, as usual. Rwanda's news was 79% about people being harmed, against a usual 45%. A year earlier, on 3 May 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda79 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 45 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan75 in 100 of its 506 stories · usually 74 · mostly displacement Somalia62 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 57 · mostly health Palestine57 in 100 of its 140 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Belarus52 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 19 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 770 London UK102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 417 Hollywood US84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 296 Kremlin Russia50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 550 Delhi India47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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 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 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 lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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: 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 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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 readChina: 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 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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 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: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFlint Police Department, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 10 stories, carried by 45 outletsCheltenham, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 15 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- health: 13 stories, carried by 33 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsHarrodsburg, US -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 15 stories, carried by 19 outletsWindhoek, Namibia -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 25 stories, carried by 19 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

● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Flint Police Department US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 10 stories ● Cheltenham UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Brussels Belgium about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Harrodsburg US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 7,860 stories · about as usual Rights & justice27% 6,505 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence12% 2,903 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 2,801 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,272 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,098 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 867 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 792 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 killed6,275 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,920 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,516 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,601 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations297 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees288 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sudan and the US Stories reporting people displaced241 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sudan and Syria Stories reporting abductions145 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about half 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as 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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