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10,993 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 flooding in Afghanistan, violence in Kharkiv and rights and justice in Darfur. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Canada →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 86 in 100 of its 210 stories, usually 46
RegionSouth Asia 26 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

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Afghanistan

181 of its 210 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Baghlan accounted for 139 of Afghanistan's 181 stories about harm, carried by 416 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (93 stories). Flooding was named in 155 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Baghlan stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

202 of its 437 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kharkiv accounted for 120 of Ukraine's 202 stories about harm, carried by 355 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kharkiv stories →
Rights & justice

Sudan

31 of its 37 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Darfur accounted for 15 of Sudan's 31 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Brazil

66 of its 190 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Rio Grande do Sul accounted for 46 of Brazil's 66 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Argentina

23 of its 64 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Train derailment was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

South Africa

95 of its 295 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Building collapse was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Health

Australia

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Tornadoes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

17 of its 55 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

17 of its 27 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Canada (108 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Argentina (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Saudi Arabia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in South Africa (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hurricane in Israel (55 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 11 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 10,993 stories about harm among 61,241 counted on 11 May.

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Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Canada. of the day's 61,241 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Afghanistan's news mentioned flooding about 7 times as often as usual. Afghanistan's news was 86% about people being harmed, against a usual 46%. On 12 May 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan86 in 100 of its 210 stories · usually 46 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel60 in 100 of its 1,313 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine58 in 100 of its 537 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine46 in 100 of its 437 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir38 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Gaza Palestine74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 267 Washington US60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248 Tel Aviv Israel36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74 Jerusalem Israel35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 85 London UK26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 139

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 lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 lessMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readN. 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: too little coverage to readComoros: 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 lessCrimea: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualKyiv, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 21 outletsVirginia, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsCalgary, Canada -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 24 outletsGeorgia, US -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 19 outletsTelangana, India -- conflict & violence: 36 stories, carried by 31 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsCanberra, Australia -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 73 outletsVancouver, Canada -- health: 19 stories, carried by 24 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

● Kyiv Ukraine about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Virginia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Calgary Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories ● Georgia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories ● Telangana India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 36 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 2,870 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 2,805 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 1,736 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,615 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 513 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 458 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 429 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 325 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 killed2,722 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,307 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,306 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured754 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions293 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced190 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations182 at about twice the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Canada Stories reporting refugees137 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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