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14,800 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 day's news pointed at illness in Ushuaia, violence in Moscow and abductions in India. Russia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Spain and the US → Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and South Africa → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostArgentina 78 in 100 of its 161 stories, usually 25
RegionCentral Asia 14 in 100 of its stories, usually 9
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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Health

Argentina

125 of its 161 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Ushuaia accounted for 78 of Argentina's 125 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (90 stories). Dengue was named in 23 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.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Ushuaia stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

155 of its 424 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Moscow accounted for 106 of Russia's 155 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Austria

Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Netherlands

151 of its 295 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Amsterdam accounted for 80 of the Netherlands' 151 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Spain

179 of its 572 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

South Africa

271 of its 721 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories). Heavy rain was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flu.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 57 of Palestine's 74 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

St. Helena

10 of its 10 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

188 of its 542 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in South Africa (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Canada (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in US (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 14,800 stories about harm among 83,872 counted on 7 May.

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Argentina's news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%. of the day's 83,872 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mentions of the dengue ran more than ten times their usual in Argentina's news. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Spain and the US.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Argentina78 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 25 · mostly health Lebanon62 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine59 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Netherlands51 in 100 of its 295 stories · usually 18 · mostly health Israel50 in 100 of its 616 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US112 stories about protests or strikes, of its 522 London UK52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213 Boulder US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 82 Moscow Russia27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 Tehran Iran25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 157

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'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: 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'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: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: 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 readMalta: 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: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: 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'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 readFiji: 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'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: 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'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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCape Verde: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful 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 a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSt. Helena: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMonaco: coverage a little more fearful 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 188 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 73 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 311 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 76 stories about harm ● Argentina about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 125 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 155 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 4,277 stories · much more than usual (usually 24%) Rights & justice26% 3,715 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,099 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents14% 2,058 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Food & livelihood5% 757 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 732 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 564 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 300 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 killed3,781 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,752 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,710 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured765 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations300 at about twice the usual rate · most about Spain and the US Stories reporting abductions168 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced132 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting refugees67 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill54 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and South Africa

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
● 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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