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What the world's news said happened to people.
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19,632 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 storms in Myanmar, the drought in Kenya and protests in Islamabad (Pakistan). Kenya's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Bangladesh →
Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMyanmar 85 in 100 of its 96 stories, usually 56
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Myanmar

82 of its 96 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Sittwe accounted for 51 of Myanmar's 82 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Storms were named in 43 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storm surge, hurricane and typhoon.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Sittwe stories →
Health

Kenya

154 of its 394 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Drought was named in 32 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.

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

Bangladesh

175 of its 315 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (60 stories). Storm surge was named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms, hurricane and typhoon.

its stories →
Health

Denmark

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 32 of Palestine's 87 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Cuba

26 of its 53 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

252 of its 759 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (114 stories).

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Slovakia

10 of its 26 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: storm surge in Bangladesh (54 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Vietnam (40 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Denmark (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in South Korea (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in France (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 19,632 stories about harm among 111,720 counted on 15 May.

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In Myanmar's news, mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 111,720 stories, as usual. Refugees were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Bangladesh. A year earlier, on 15 May 2022, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Myanmar stood out: 85% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 56%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar85 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 56 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan78 in 100 of its 205 stories · usually 75 · mostly displacement Somalia65 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 53 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine60 in 100 of its 146 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh56 in 100 of its 315 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Islamabad Pakistan102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 154 Washington US81 stories about protests or strikes, of its 528 Lahore Pakistan79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 99 Beijing China38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 Manhattan US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 182

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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'sUnited States: 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 readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: feelings about like the world'sSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGibraltar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 268 stories about harm ● Kenya about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 154 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 160 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 339 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 210 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 6,363 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 4,516 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,901 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 2,064 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,137 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 937 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 710 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 657 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 killed4,946 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,343 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,920 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,419 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees558 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting evacuations306 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced260 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sudan and Bangladesh Stories reporting abductions129 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 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.