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8,943 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 violence in Mogadishu, a disaster in Cuauhtemoc and arrests in Tanzania. Somalia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 22 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostMexico 59 in 100 of its 298 stories, usually 21
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

31 of its 38 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Mogadishu accounted for 25 of Somalia's 31 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

176 of its 298 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Cuauhtemoc accounted for 93 of Mexico's 176 stories about harm, carried by 235 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (127 stories).

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

Israel

583 of its 857 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Tel Aviv accounted for 166 of Israel's 583 stories about harm, carried by 323 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 76 of Ukraine's 115 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

India

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Storms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Finland

19 of its 40 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Sri Lanka

31 of its 81 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Nepal (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in US (258 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in India (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 8,943 stories about harm among 46,462 counted on 18 May.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 46,462 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual in Nepal's news. In Somalia, 82% of the news was about people being harmed, where 50% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel68 in 100 of its 857 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 198 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Mexico59 in 100 of its 298 stories · usually 21 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria50 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan43 in 100 of its 780 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tel Aviv Israel49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166 Washington US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 261 London UK20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113 Brooklyn US19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 141 Dhaka Bangladesh15 stories about protests or strikes, of its 40

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: too little coverage to readVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: too little coverage to readCook 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 a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful 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'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice 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 angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 332 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 115 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 583 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 119 stories about harm ● UK about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 516 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents22% 1,978 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence22% 1,960 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Health22% 1,940 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice21% 1,827 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 442 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 345 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 154 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 150 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 killed2,790 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,274 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people affected904 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests884 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions258 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced161 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees126 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations47 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about half 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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