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10,176 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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Heavy rain in Nigeria, violence in Bogota and people killed in Namibia drew the news. Colombia's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEgypt 42 in 100 of its 102 stories, usually 15
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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Disasters & accidents

Nigeria

292 of its 876 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (57 stories). Heavy rain was named in 31 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.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Egypt

43 of its 102 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Alexandria accounted for 28 of Egypt's 43 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Drought was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

399 of its 583 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

India

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Drownings were named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with respiratory illness. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 79 of Palestine's 117 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 21 of Syria's 40 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

43 of its 116 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Japan (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Egypt (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in China (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in India (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); avalanche in UK (13 of its stories, more than ten 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 31 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 10,176 stories about harm among 53,025 counted on 31 May.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Nigeria. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 53,025 stories, as usual. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual in Japan's news. On 31 May 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 19 today. Nigeria stood out: 33% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 26%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel68 in 100 of its 583 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine58 in 100 of its 201 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Egypt42 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 15 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria40 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh39 in 100 of its 235 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 342 Los Angeles US19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138 Chicago US18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101 Delhi India16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191 London UK16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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 lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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 lessIran: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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 readUganda: warmth about its own usualOregon, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 39 outletsKentucky, US -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsTelangana, India -- health: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsBhopal, India -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsQuetta, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 15 outletsLondon, UK -- health: 143 stories, carried by 232 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Warsaw Poland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Kentucky US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Telangana India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Bhopal India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 2,786 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 2,297 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 2,106 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence15% 1,466 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 467 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 395 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 286 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 215 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 killed2,565 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,204 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,093 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured623 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions255 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced158 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Israel Stories reporting evacuations125 at about twice the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting refugees90 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill28 at about twice 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.

● Angera little less than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.