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8,136 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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Deaths in Kotmale, protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh) and violence in Jerusalem drew the news. Israel's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSri Lanka 64 in 100 of its 102 stories, usually 24
RegionSouth Asia 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Sri Lanka

65 of its 102 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Kotmale accounted for 33 of Sri Lanka's 65 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Kotmale stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

99 of its 239 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Dhaka accounted for 45 of Bangladesh's 99 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. 24 of Dhaka's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories).

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 96 of Israel's 346 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (56 stories). Illness was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Congo

10 of its 13 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

India

Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Poland

3 of Warsaw's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

UK

Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). House fires were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Health

US

Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Heatwave was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heatstroke.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: earthquake in China (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); house fires in UK (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); accidents in India (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in US (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 8,136 stories about harm among 43,511 counted on 11 May.

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Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about three times the usual rate. 19 in every 100 of the day's 43,511 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Sri Lanka, 64% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual. On 11 May 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Sri Lanka, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sri Lanka64 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 24 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Israel61 in 100 of its 563 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan49 in 100 of its 1,261 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Syria47 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba46 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Newark US32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 68 Washington US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 202 Boston US26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 60 Dhaka Bangladesh24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 45 Kyiv Ukraine24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 80

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 readUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: 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 angrier than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Caledonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 612 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 346 stories about harm ● India about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 932 stories about harm ● Ghana few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 104 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 65 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence26% 2,078 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Health23% 1,838 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice20% 1,610 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents17% 1,355 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 536 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 240 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 181 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 170 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 killed2,435 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected816 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests783 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured667 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions191 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced147 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees85 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting evacuations47 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about one and a half times 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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