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12,457 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 violence in Jerusalem, the cyclone in Bangladesh and protests in Islamabad (Pakistan). Israel's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Bangladesh →
Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostIsrael 62 in 100 of its 536 stories, usually 41
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Israel

331 of its 536 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jerusalem accounted for 192 of Israel's 331 stories about harm, carried by 564 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (19 stories). Outbreaks were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

180 of its 342 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Dhaka accounted for 55 of Bangladesh's 180 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Cyclone was named in 150 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides, storm surge and storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

505 of its 937 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Islamabad accounted for 198 of Pakistan's 505 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. 107 of Islamabad's 198 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Displacement

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 59 of Sudan's 107 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 40 of Palestine's 80 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Myanmar

36 of its 45 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Cyclone was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Displacement

Mexico

90 of its 290 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (50 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Chad

14 of its 28 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Peru

23 of its 62 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Lima accounted for 18 of Peru's 23 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (58 stories). Heavy rain was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding and house fires.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Myanmar (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Vietnam (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (18 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); illness in Ukraine (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); hepatitis in Canada (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 12,457 stories about harm among 69,537 counted on 13 May.

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The news turned to Israel for the third day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 69,537 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Refugees were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Bangladesh. A year earlier, on 13 May 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Israel's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 41%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan72 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 75 · mostly displacement Palestine63 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Israel62 in 100 of its 536 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan54 in 100 of its 937 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Bangladesh53 in 100 of its 342 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Islamabad Pakistan107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 198 Lahore Pakistan72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124 Jerusalem Israel60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 192 Washington US55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 339 Manhattan US32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 99

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCape 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: 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 readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualWyoming, US -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsIndiana, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 28 outletsMuslim Bagh, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 18 outletsJeddah, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 57 outletsBengaluru, India -- food & livelihood: 51 stories, carried by 62 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsKarnataka, India -- food & livelihood: 14 stories, carried by 62 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

● Wyoming US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Indiana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Glasgow UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Muslim Bagh Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Jeddah Saudi Arabia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 3,644 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Rights & justice25% 3,051 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 1,904 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 1,674 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 703 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 443 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 429 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 399 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 killed3,144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,492 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,372 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured926 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees401 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting evacuations168 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced155 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sudan and Bangladesh Stories reporting abductions127 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan

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 about as 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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