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19,966 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to the earthquake in Iran, a disaster in Bangkok and protests in Phnom Penh (Cambodia). Iran's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSingapore 54 in 100 of its 463 stories, usually 18
RegionSoutheast Asia 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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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Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 199 of Iran's 275 stories about harm, carried by 394 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (31 stories). Earthquake was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Rights & justice

Cuba

34 of its 94 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Mexico

136 of its 414 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Wildfires were named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave and hurricane. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Norway

34 of its 157 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Australia

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Flu was named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with bird flu. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 292 of Israel's 988 stories about harm, carried by 382 outlets. Helicopter crash was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Singapore

252 of its 463 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (205 stories).

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Rights & justice

Nepal

59 of its 157 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Dominican Republic (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Mexico (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Haiti (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Australia (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Zimbabwe (12 of its stories, about 4 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 22 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 19,966 stories about harm among 109,460 counted on 22 May.

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The Dominican Republic's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 109,460 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 23 May 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. Iran stood out: 43% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 39%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel64 in 100 of its 1,545 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine57 in 100 of its 667 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Singapore54 in 100 of its 463 stories · usually 18 · mostly disasters & accidents Haiti52 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 43 · mostly health Afghanistan49 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 561 Tehran Iran74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 199 Jerusalem Israel69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 292 Gaza Palestine61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 291 Paris France38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 72

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: near the world's share or lessCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: near the world's share or lessSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEthiopia: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: no storiesEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: no storiesCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessJammu & Kashmir: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessSiachen Glacier: near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: no storiesCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 33 in 100 of its 227 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Zambia: 39 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Yemen: 47 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Venezuela: 30 in 100 of its 44 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Vanuatu: 46 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ukraine: 34 in 100 of its 578 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Tonga: 60 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Thailand: 45 in 100 of its 285 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Tajikistan: 53 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Syria: 50 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Switzerland: 27 in 100 of its 214 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)South Sudan: 43 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Sudan: 70 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Sri Lanka: 26 in 100 of its 126 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)South Africa: 26 in 100 of its 883 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Somalia: 44 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Slovakia: 34 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Singapore: 54 in 100 of its 463 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Rwanda: 30 in 100 of its 69 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Philippines: 26 in 100 of its 535 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Papua New Guinea: 32 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Pakistan: 25 in 100 of its 687 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Nepal: 38 in 100 of its 157 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Mexico: 33 in 100 of its 414 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Mauritania: 67 in 100 of its 6 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Kenya: 26 in 100 of its 319 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Israel: 64 in 100 of its 1,545 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 57 in 100 of its 667 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Iraq: 37 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Iran: 43 in 100 of its 635 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Indonesia: 25 in 100 of its 236 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Haiti: 52 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Guinea: 62 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Georgia: 36 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)New Caledonia: 55 in 100 of its 44 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ecuador: 37 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Dominican Republic: 47 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Djibouti: 38 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Denmark: 35 in 100 of its 109 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Cuba: 36 in 100 of its 94 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Congo: 55 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Colombia: 29 in 100 of its 65 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Cambodia: 39 in 100 of its 82 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Myanmar: 77 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Burundi: 80 in 100 of its 5 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Bosnia: 67 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Benin: 38 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Belarus: 30 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Barbados: 27 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Bangladesh: 30 in 100 of its 129 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Afghanistan: 49 in 100 of its 102 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 57 in 100 of its 667 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 57 in 100 of its 667 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ukraine: 34 in 100 of its 578 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 57 in 100 of its 667 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Anguilla: 100 in 100 of its 3 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Turks & Caicos Islands: 80 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 18 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Israel 64 in 100 of its 1,545 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 57 in 100 of its 667 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Singapore 54 in 100 of its 463 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Iran 43 in 100 of its 635 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Thailand 45 in 100 of its 285 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Afghanistan 49 in 100 of its 102 stories · mostly disasters & accidents

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 5,566 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,768 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents19% 3,703 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence13% 2,587 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 869 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 867 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 811 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 436 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 killed4,556 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,077 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,878 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,404 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions527 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations198 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced197 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees171 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about half 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 →

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The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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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