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16,538 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 flooding in Indonesia, people displaced in Kharkiv and protests in Tbilisi (Georgia). Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry 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 Canada and Ukraine →
Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGeorgia 69 in 100 of its 121 stories, usually 44
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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

Indonesia

171 of its 334 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (109 stories). Flooding was named in 94 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

230 of its 610 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kharkiv accounted for 131 of Ukraine's 230 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kharkiv stories →
Health

Mexico

86 of its 271 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Earthquake was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Myanmar

29 of its 40 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Chad

23 of its 47 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 6 of Ndjamena's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Tunisia

24 of its 60 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 12 of Tunis' 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Afghanistan

88 of its 147 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Baghlan accounted for 49 of Afghanistan's 88 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

Darfur accounted for 28 of Sudan's 63 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Armenia

Yerevan accounted for 27 of Armenia's 29 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. 24 of Yerevan's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (20 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Canada (189 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bridge collapse in Sri Lanka (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Spain (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); dust storm in India (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in UK (16 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 13 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 16,538 stories about harm among 93,909 counted on 13 May.

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Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Canada and Ukraine. 18 in every 100 of the day's 93,909 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia, 51% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual. A year earlier, on 14 May 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan70 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Georgia69 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice Israel64 in 100 of its 1,575 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 496 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan60 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 50 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 265 Gaza Palestine86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 256 Tbilisi Georgia79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83 Washington US76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 347 Muzaffarabad Pakistan51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 54

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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 19 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsKentucky, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsMorecambe Bay, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 18 outletsNebraska, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsNuffield, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 25 outletsSunak, Iran -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsBarcelona, Spain -- health: 23 stories, carried by 143 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

● Baghdad Iraq about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Geneva Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Kentucky US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Morecambe Bay UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Nebraska US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 4,776 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,911 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents17% 2,725 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,328 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 775 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 679 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 617 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 496 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 killed4,148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,846 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,772 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,217 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions441 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations329 at about twice the usual rate · most about Canada and Ukraine Stories reporting people displaced265 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees203 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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