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14,346 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 protests in Yerevan (Armenia), deaths in Doha and violence in Gaza. Palestine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine → Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine → Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Bangladesh → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBangladesh 65 in 100 of its 336 stories, usually 33
RegionSouth Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Armenia

58 of its 110 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Yerevan accounted for 37 of Armenia's 58 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. 29 of Yerevan's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Heavy rain was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories → Yerevan stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Qatar

64 of its 143 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Doha accounted for 63 of Qatar's 64 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (57 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Qatar over 30 days → its stories → Doha stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

352 of its 473 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 317 of Palestine's 352 stories about harm, carried by 319 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

217 of its 336 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Heavy rain was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storm surge and drownings.

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

Israel

921 of its 1,235 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Tel Aviv accounted for 262 of Israel's 921 stories about harm, carried by 437 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (120 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

218 of its 517 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kharkiv accounted for 106 of Ukraine's 218 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

149 of its 283 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

277 of its 728 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Philippines

Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (7 stories). Typhoon was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

US

Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (62 stories). Tornadoes were named in 529 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storm surge, heatstroke and hypothermia. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Tonga (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Switzerland (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Finland (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in US (529 of its stories, about three 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 27 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 14,346 stories about harm among 74,032 counted on 27 May.

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On the side of help, reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 74,032 stories, above the usual 18. Armenia's news was 53% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine. Tonga's news mentioned the earthquake about three times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel75 in 100 of its 1,235 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine74 in 100 of its 473 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Syria65 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 55 · mostly displacement Bangladesh65 in 100 of its 336 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents Armenia53 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 19 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 306 Tel Aviv Israel48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 262 Gaza Palestine45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 317 Yerevan Armenia29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 37 Sydney Australia22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74

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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: 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 lessUnited Arab Emirates: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualArmidale, Australia -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 78 outletsWaterloo, Canada -- health: 12 stories, carried by 56 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 14 stories, carried by 19 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 34 outletsColorado, US -- health: 25 stories, carried by 35 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 25 stories, carried by 14 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsKogi, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 14 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

● Armidale Australia about 4 times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Waterloo Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Calgary Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 26 stories ● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 25 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health25% 3,542 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents23% 3,243 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Rights & justice20% 2,830 stories · much less than usual (usually 26%) Conflict & violence16% 2,206 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 753 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 549 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 536 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 447 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 killed4,631 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people affected1,965 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people injured1,471 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting arrests1,450 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions466 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced464 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees321 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations282 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about the usual rate

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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.