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19,571 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Tehran, storms in Mexico and illness in Bangkok. Iran's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMexico 46 in 100 of its 567 stories, usually 24
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Iran

179 of its 376 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 104 of Iran's 179 stories about harm, carried by 181 outlets. Flooding was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

258 of its 567 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (135 stories). Storms were named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane, heatwave and power cuts.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Pakistan

Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Heatwave was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Bosnia

46 of its 49 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Srebrenica accounted for 44 of Bosnia's 46 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

227 of its 552 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Power cuts were named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Haiti

31 of its 56 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Cholera was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Spain

99 of its 527 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Building collapse was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Health

Australia

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Flu was named in 51 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with bird flu, outbreaks and volcanic eruption. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Tunisia

31 of its 56 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tunis accounted for 21 of Tunisia's 31 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: building collapse in Spain (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Haiti (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (27 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in Australia (51 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Ghana (10 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 23 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 19,571 stories about harm among 108,721 counted on 23 May.

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Mentions of building collapse ran more than ten times their usual in Spain's news. of the day's 108,721 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Iran for the second day running. Iran's news was 48% about people being harmed, against a usual 40%. On 24 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 →

Israel64 in 100 of its 1,350 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 506 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti55 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 43 · mostly health Tunisia55 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 28 · mostly rights & justice Iran48 in 100 of its 376 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 596 Gaza Palestine67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 233 Jerusalem Israel65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 247 Los Angeles US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 171 Manhattan US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSão 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: too little coverage to readRussia: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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 lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: 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 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: 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: 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 usualSudan: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualNarayanpur, India -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsEast Palestine, US -- disasters & accidents: 92 stories, carried by 195 outletsPennsylvania, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 19 stories, carried by 23 outletsEraring, Australia -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 75 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- health: 21 stories, carried by 95 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsDarfur, Sudan -- displacement: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsAhmedabad, India -- health: 36 stories, carried by 22 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

● Narayanpur India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● East Palestine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 92 stories ● Pennsylvania US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 19 stories ● Eraring Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 29 stories ● Brussels Belgium about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,541 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,635 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents19% 3,709 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence13% 2,449 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 937 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 798 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 762 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 369 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 killed4,534 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,987 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,879 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,417 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions420 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced181 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees177 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ireland and the US Stories reporting evacuations129 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the UK 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 softer than 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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