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16,164 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 people injured in Germany, people killed in Austria and the earthquake in Chile. Austria's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostChile 66 in 100 of its 110 stories, usually 19
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
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

Germany

180 of its 542 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (17 stories). Road crashes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Austria

32 of its 98 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Chile

73 of its 110 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Earthquake was named in 64 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tsunami.

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

Syria

129 of its 192 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Damascus accounted for 107 of Syria's 129 stories about harm, carried by 301 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Argentina

50 of its 118 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Ushuaia accounted for 43 of Argentina's 50 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Earthquake was named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.

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Conflict & violence

Haiti

35 of its 50 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 19 of Haiti's 35 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

29 of its 62 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 130 of Israel's 412 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Wildfires were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with power cuts and storms. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

India

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Storms were named in 87 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with dust storm and cyclone. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Argentina (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Thailand (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Spain (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in India (87 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); wildfires in Israel (31 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 2 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 16,164 stories about harm among 89,912 counted on 2 May.

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Chile's news mentioned the earthquake about 4 times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 89,912 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Germany, 33% of the news was about people being harmed, where 17% is usual. A year earlier, on 2 May 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan75 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti70 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Syria67 in 100 of its 192 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Chile66 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 19 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel62 in 100 of its 662 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 684 Chicago US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184 Hollywood US41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 Jerusalem Israel32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130 Mangaluru India28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 39

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 76 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 379 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 412 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Syria about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 129 stories about harm ● Germany about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 180 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 4,238 stories · about as usual Health26% 4,126 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents17% 2,740 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 2,530 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 753 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 612 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 569 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 275 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 killed3,809 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,807 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,525 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured899 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions245 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations94 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill22 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 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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