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19,304 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 volcanic eruption in Iceland, violence in Gaza and protests in Tehran (Iran). Iran's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIceland 78 in 100 of its 125 stories, usually 17
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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Disasters & accidents

Iceland

97 of its 125 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Grindavik accounted for 82 of Iceland's 97 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 80 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with earthquake.

Iceland over 30 days → its stories → Grindavik stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

431 of its 606 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 378 of Palestine's 431 stories about harm, carried by 461 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

88 of its 186 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 44 of Iran's 88 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. 22 of Tehran's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Displacement

Ethiopia

21 of its 51 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Israel

1,194 of its 1,647 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Jerusalem accounted for 259 of Israel's 1,194 stories about harm, carried by 456 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

99 of its 217 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dhaka accounted for 43 of Bangladesh's 99 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

53 of its 110 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Natural hazards were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Rights & justice

Pakistan

255 of its 788 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Egypt

76 of its 220 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Illness was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Rights & justice

Kashmir

55 of its 124 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Egypt (43 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in India (225 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Thailand (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Papua New Guinea (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (22 of its stories, about 5 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 29 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 19,304 stories about harm among 109,086 counted on 29 May.

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Iceland's news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. of the day's 109,086 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Iceland's news mentioned volcanic eruption about 6 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 30 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 →

Iceland78 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 17 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel72 in 100 of its 1,647 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine71 in 100 of its 606 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan65 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen52 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US124 stories about protests or strikes, of its 454 Gaza Palestine86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 378 Delhi India49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 389 London UK48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 284 Jerusalem Israel40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 259

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: 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 readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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 readCuba: 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 lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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): 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readUkraine: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsShanghai, China -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 24 outletsLongford, Ireland -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsBeijing, China -- rights & justice: 60 stories, carried by 68 outletsUvalde, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 47 outletsColorado, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 21 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsKwazulu, South Africa -- food & livelihood: 19 stories, carried by 57 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

● Kaduna Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Shanghai China about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Longford Ireland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Beijing China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 60 stories ● Uvalde 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 →

Health27% 5,208 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,827 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 3,320 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,431 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 939 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 830 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 785 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 603 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 killed4,842 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,225 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,110 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,298 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced499 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting abductions483 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees346 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations189 at about the usual rate 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 →

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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