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18,247 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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Violence in Jerusalem, refugees in Papua New Guinea and arrests in Hong Kong drew the news. Israel's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPapua New Guinea 57 in 100 of its 240 stories, usually 36
RegionSouth Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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

Israel

1,154 of its 1,589 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Jerusalem accounted for 337 of Israel's 1,154 stories about harm, carried by 446 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (175 stories). Hepatitis was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

137 of its 240 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Outbreaks were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Papua New Guinea over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Hong Kong

33 of its 138 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Bangladesh

133 of its 245 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Dhaka accounted for 54 of Bangladesh's 133 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Drownings were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with power cuts.

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Disasters & accidents

Armenia

29 of its 95 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Yerevan accounted for 20 of Armenia's 29 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 402 of Palestine's 434 stories about harm, carried by 565 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Typhoon was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drownings, heavy rain and tropical storm. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Italy

217 of its 860 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

South Sudan

18 of its 31 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Pakistan (29 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in Japan (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Bangladesh (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in Kenya (10 of its stories, about 7 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 28 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 18,247 stories about harm among 100,242 counted on 28 May.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 100,242 stories, as usual. On 29 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 →

Israel73 in 100 of its 1,589 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine68 in 100 of its 640 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea57 in 100 of its 240 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria57 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 55 · mostly displacement Bangladesh54 in 100 of its 245 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 405 Gaza Palestine76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 402 Jerusalem Israel54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 337 Tbilisi Georgia34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 37 Dallas US33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 195

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 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 readSudan: 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 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: 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: 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 lessPoland: too little coverage to readPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: 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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 15 outletsLisbon, Portugal -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 35 outletsLouth, Ireland -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 15 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 16 stories, carried by 12 outletsBeijing, China -- rights & justice: 80 stories, carried by 100 outletsColorado, US -- health: 28 stories, carried by 34 outletsDelaware, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 15 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

● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kaduna Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Lisbon Portugal about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Louth Ireland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Dubai United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Beijing China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 80 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 4,947 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 4,064 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents19% 3,423 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence14% 2,446 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 933 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 785 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 682 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 659 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 killed5,114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,281 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,795 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,234 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced564 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting abductions472 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees415 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about two-thirds of 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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