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17,095 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 news turned to violence in Tripoli, illness in Montevideo and heavy rain in Sri Lanka. Libya's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLibya 66 in 100 of its 70 stories, usually 40
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Libya

46 of its 70 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tripoli accounted for 41 of Libya's 46 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

38 of its 88 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Heavy rain was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Malaysia

Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Malaysia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

South Africa

293 of its 743 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (86 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Mali

13 of its 20 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 4 of Bamako's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Rights & justice

France

298 of its 1,226 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Indonesia

53 of its 189 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Belgium

28 of its 102 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mexico

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Screwworm was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: landslides in Philippines (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Italy (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); screwworm in Mexico (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); house fires in Australia (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in UK (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 17,095 stories about harm among 94,289 counted on 13 May.

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In Sri Lanka's news, mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 94,289 stories, as usual. Libya's news was 66% about people being harmed, against a usual 40%. On 13 May 2024, 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 →

Kashmir69 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Libya66 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Israel62 in 100 of its 901 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 238 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Syria55 in 100 of its 169 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 563 Paris France62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228 Los Angeles US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 229 Tel Aviv Israel39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 190 Newark US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua 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: too little coverage to readNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: 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: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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 three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times 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 three times as fearful as the world's · 82 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as angry as the world's · 508 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 558 stories about harm ● Libya few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Malaysia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● India about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,266 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 4,440 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 4,270 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 2,998 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,493 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 915 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 653 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 561 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 384 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 killed3,960 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,879 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,808 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured813 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions333 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees246 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about South Africa and the US Stories reporting people displaced174 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations134 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill33 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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