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23,018 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 drownings in Malawi, protests in Islamabad (Pakistan) and arrests in el Salvador. Malawi's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMalawi 61 in 100 of its 105 stories, usually 35
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Malawi

64 of its 105 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Nsanje accounted for 24 of Malawi's 64 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (52 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Malawi over 30 days → its stories → Nsanje stories →
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

450 of its 945 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Islamabad accounted for 160 of Pakistan's 450 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. 83 of Islamabad's 160 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Rights & justice

El Salvador

21 of its 26 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Myanmar

39 of its 48 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Sittwe accounted for 19 of Myanmar's 39 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Cyclone was named in 28 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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Disasters & accidents

Italy

286 of its 1,063 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories). Flooding was named in 174 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought, heavy rain and landslides.

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Protests & strikes

Zambia

17 of its 42 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 5 of Lusaka's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

263 of its 789 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Wellington accounted for 137 of New Zealand's 263 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Mexico

15 of Mexico City's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 108 of Israel's 234 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Italy (174 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Myanmar (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Russia (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Vietnam (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in France (15 of its stories, about 7 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 17 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 23,018 stories about harm among 129,878 counted on 17 May.

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Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Italy's news. of the day's 129,878 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 17 May 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 18 today. Malawi's news was 61% about people being harmed, against a usual 35%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan69 in 100 of its 213 stories · usually 76 · mostly displacement Malawi61 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia53 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine50 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia50 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 715 Islamabad Pakistan83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 160 Lahore Pakistan60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130 Hollywood US50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 292 London UK48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 305

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: 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 Korea: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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: 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'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: 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: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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'sBahrain: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: 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'sMalawi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAngola: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 twice as fearful as the world's · 60 stories about harm ● Malawi about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 64 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as angry as the world's · 450 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as angry as the world's · 483 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Singapore about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 53 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 7,465 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 5,726 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 3,514 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 2,397 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,090 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 990 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 863 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 540 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 killed5,406 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,521 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,421 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,218 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees363 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions256 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations241 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Italy and Canada Stories reporting people displaced226 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about half the usual rate · most about Spain 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 softer 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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