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10,245 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 news turned to rights and justice in Islamabad, violence in Kyiv and the drought in Afghanistan. Ukraine's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostSouth Korea 33 in 100 of its 231 stories, usually 15
RegionCentral Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Pakistan

Islamabad accounted for 106 of Pakistan's 285 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Avalanche was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Disasters & accidents

Afghanistan

82 of its 142 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Drought was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Mexico

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

South Korea

76 of its 231 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

22 of its 53 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Beirut accounted for 17 of Lebanon's 22 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Australia

Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Road crashes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Ghana

57 of its 223 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kyrgyzstan

5 of its 9 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (49 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in Vietnam (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Sri Lanka (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Iran (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (12 of its stories, about three 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 28 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 10,245 stories about harm among 56,745 counted on 28 May.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 56,745 stories, as usual. On 28 May 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Cameroon, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan71 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia59 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 44 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria47 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 54 · mostly displacement Pakistan45 in 100 of its 633 stories · usually 42 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India172 stories about protests or strikes, of its 256 Washington US68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 304 Ibadan Nigeria37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 40 Islamabad Pakistan32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 Berlin Germany27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 35

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: too little coverage to readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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 lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: too little coverage to readIreland: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 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: too little coverage to readJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readSint 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 readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualDaura, Nigeria -- health: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsZurich, Switzerland -- health: 13 stories, carried by 54 outletsHawaii, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsBuhari, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 90 outletsArizona, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 26 outletsIstanbul, Türkiye -- food & livelihood: 102 stories, carried by 439 outletsSistan, Iran -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 15 outletsWest Midlands, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 12 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

● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Daura Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Zurich Switzerland about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Hawaii US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Buhari Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 2,733 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Rights & justice24% 2,436 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 1,646 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,549 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 585 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 516 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 374 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 264 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 killed2,880 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,083 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests962 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured855 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting refugees221 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and the US Stories reporting people displaced131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions79 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations61 at about half the usual rate · most about Canada and Australia

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 much harsher 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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