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8,787 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Caracas (Venezuela), violence in Kyiv and the avalanche in Switzerland. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 23 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUkraine 68 in 100 of its 364 stories, usually 27
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

28 of its 51 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Caracas accounted for 22 of Venezuela's 28 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. 16 of Caracas' 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

248 of its 364 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Kyiv accounted for 191 of Ukraine's 248 stories about harm, carried by 483 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (127 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Disasters & accidents

Switzerland

53 of its 107 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (36 stories). Avalanche was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Russia

133 of its 336 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Moscow accounted for 88 of Russia's 133 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

North Korea

41 of its 63 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Chongjin accounted for 29 of North Korea's 41 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

118 of its 175 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Gaza accounted for 94 of Palestine's 118 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

17 of its 71 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Colombia

16 of its 43 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

India

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Heavy rain was named in 116 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms, oil spill and dust storm. 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: heavy rain in India (116 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Pakistan (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in UK (26 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); plane crash in US (29 of its stories, about three times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 8,787 stories about harm among 44,053 counted on 25 May.

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In Switzerland's news, mentions of the avalanche ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 44,053 stories, above the usual 19. Venezuela's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 35%. On 25 May 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 20 today. This week the news turned most often to Ukraine, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ukraine68 in 100 of its 364 stories · usually 27 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine67 in 100 of its 175 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Israel65 in 100 of its 665 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence North Korea65 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 20 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria60 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 257 Dhaka Bangladesh31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 53 Houston US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 41 Delhi India25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 220 Tel Aviv Israel22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: 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 lessSouth Africa: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: 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: too little coverage to readBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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 lessBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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 readSyria: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualTehran, Iran -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 25 outletsToronto, Canada -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 14 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsFlorida, US -- health: 31 stories, carried by 72 outletsFrench Riviera, France -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 42 outletsVancouver, Canada -- shelter & services: 31 stories, carried by 13 outletsDamascus, Syria -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 39 outletsNadda, India -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 12 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

● Iran warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Tehran Iran about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories ● Toronto Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 20 stories ● Edinburgh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Florida US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 31 stories ● French Riviera France about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice23% 2,013 stories · about as usual Health23% 1,960 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Conflict & violence21% 1,795 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 1,679 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 463 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 326 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 205 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 179 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 killed2,444 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,086 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected874 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured777 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions203 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced101 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees88 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations52 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Japan

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 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.