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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

usually 18; 19 the day before
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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.

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 lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: 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: 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 lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 readCuba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: about as warm as its own usual or lessSint 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualThailand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualTaipei, Taiwan -- health: 14 stories, carried by 27 outletsKemal, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsAlaska, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsKherson, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 14 outletsBangkok, Thailand -- rights & justice: 66 stories, carried by 190 outletsArkansas, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsAnkara, Türkiye -- rights & justice: 85 stories, carried by 295 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

● Thailand warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Taipei Taiwan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Kemal Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Alaska US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Kherson Ukraine about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories

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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