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21,236 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 a disaster in Mahdia, illness in Hanoi and abductions in Cameroon. Russia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostGuam 81 in 100 of its 161 stories, usually 25
RegionSoutheast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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

Guyana

90 of its 136 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Mahdia accounted for 57 of Guyana's 90 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guyana over 30 days → its stories → Mahdia stories →
Health

Vietnam

426 of its 1,219 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Hanoi accounted for 272 of Vietnam's 426 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (92 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 77 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → Hanoi stories →
Rights & justice

Cameroon

24 of its 56 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

405 of its 1,224 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (161 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Nepal

64 of its 145 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Mount Everest accounted for 39 of Nepal's 64 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (52 stories).

its stories →
Health

Switzerland

84 of its 317 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Geneva accounted for 64 of Switzerland's 84 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

Tehran accounted for 50 of Iran's 103 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 105 of Sudan's 165 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Guam

130 of its 161 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Storm surge was named in 84 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, hurricane and cyclone.

its stories →
Health

Bolivia

16 of its 24 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 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: storm surge in Guam (84 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Mexico (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in South Africa (92 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Egypt (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bird flu in Brazil (17 of its stories, about 8 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 23 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 21,236 stories about harm among 119,937 counted on 23 May.

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Guyana's news was 66% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. of the day's 119,937 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Guam's news mentioned storm surge more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Guyana. On 23 May 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guam81 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan72 in 100 of its 230 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Guyana66 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 20 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia59 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine57 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 736 London UK69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 420 Delhi India48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 165 Islamabad Pakistan45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138 Hollywood US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 237

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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'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 readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: 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: 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 readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi 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'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: too little coverage to readOman: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: 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'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: 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'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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 readGermany: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sYemen: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times 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 fearful as the world'sTonga: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: 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'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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'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

● Netherlands few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 41 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 405 stories about harm ● Guyana about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 90 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 165 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 103 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 315 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health34% 7,114 stories · more than usual (usually 32%) Rights & justice25% 5,190 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 3,176 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 2,089 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,127 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 836 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 804 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 545 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 killed5,135 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,098 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,064 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,273 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees246 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ireland Stories reporting people displaced219 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions164 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations153 at about half the usual rate · most about Russia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Kenya

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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