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17,442 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 flooding in Brazil, violence in Poonch and abductions in Mexico. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBrazil 41 in 100 of its 405 stories, usually 21
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Brazil

166 of its 405 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Rio Grande do Sul accounted for 102 of Brazil's 166 stories about harm, carried by 199 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (37 stories). Flooding was named in 83 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides and power cuts.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Rio Grande do Sul stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

91 of its 162 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Poonch accounted for 51 of Kashmir's 91 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Poonch stories →
Rights & justice

Mexico

156 of its 430 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Illness was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Chad

36 of its 80 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Ndjamena accounted for 26 of Chad's 36 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. 15 of Ndjamena's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

Chad over 30 days → its stories → Ndjamena stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Palestine

456 of its 641 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Gaza accounted for 375 of Palestine's 456 stories about harm, carried by 540 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

1,517 of its 2,116 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Jerusalem accounted for 400 of Israel's 1,517 stories about harm, carried by 601 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Panama

31 of its 111 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 9 of the Panama Canal's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Kenya

129 of its 297 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Cyclone was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cholera.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

73 of its 154 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Displacement

Rwanda

Kigali accounted for 23 of Rwanda's 37 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 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: cyclone in Kenya (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in UK (67 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); road crashes in South Africa (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Nigeria (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); natural hazards in Canada (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 17,442 stories about harm among 91,360 counted on 6 May.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Brazil. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 91,360 stories, above the usual 18. Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US. Brazil's news mentioned flooding about 4 times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel72 in 100 of its 2,116 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine71 in 100 of its 641 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda59 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 55 · mostly displacement Kashmir56 in 100 of its 162 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Iran47 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Manhattan US130 stories about protests or strikes, of its 231 Gaza Palestine113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 375 Washington US107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 425 Jerusalem Israel97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 400 Chicago US60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 161

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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 lessItaly: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: too little coverage to readDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readMozambique: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 20 outletsPotchefstroom, South Africa -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsMontreal, Canada -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 32 outletsBrooklyn, US -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 93 outletsIndian Island, US -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 60 outletsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia -- displacement: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsAdelaide, Australia -- health: 16 stories, carried by 12 outletsCheltenham, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Kaduna Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Potchefstroom South Africa about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 14 stories ● Montreal Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Brooklyn US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 32 stories ● Indian Island US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 4,606 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 4,391 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,724 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 2,662 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 833 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 669 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 641 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 549 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 killed4,627 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,193 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,069 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,204 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions640 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced356 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations269 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees210 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill5 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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.