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62,259 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 Fallujah, people killed in Guinea and protests in Manama (Bahrain). Guinea's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Uruguay →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuinea 91 in 100 of its 227 stories, usually 32
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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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Conflict & violence

Iraq

1,166 of its 1,519 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Fallujah accounted for 1,062 of Iraq's 1,166 stories about harm, carried by 976 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (245 stories). Hurricane was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Fallujah stories →
Health

Guinea

206 of its 227 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (187 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Burkina Faso

81 of its 97 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Ouagadougou accounted for 79 of Burkina Faso's 81 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

614 of its 752 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Mogadishu accounted for 518 of Somalia's 614 stories about harm, carried by 403 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (164 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

245 of its 321 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Sirte accounted for 136 of Libya's 245 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

293 of its 379 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (224 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

80 of its 117 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. 16 of Dongola's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kiribati

15 of its 28 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hypothermia in Spain (65 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Romania (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Sierra Leone (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Myanmar (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Iran (39 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Jun. 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 62,259 stories about harm among 302,436 counted on 1 Jun.

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Mentions of the hypothermia ran more than ten times their usual in Spain's news. of the day's 302,436 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Uruguay. Iraq's news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 72%. Over May, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guinea91 in 100 of its 227 stories · usually 32 · mostly health Burkina Faso84 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia82 in 100 of its 752 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Côte d’Ivoire77 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 40 · mostly rights & justice Mali77 in 100 of its 379 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Minneapolis US297 stories about protests or strikes, of its 359 Los Angeles US279 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1498 Cincinnati US262 stories about protests or strikes, of its 914 Washington US259 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1777 Jerusalem Israel233 stories about protests or strikes, of its 383

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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 readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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 readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTonga: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKiribati: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: 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 fearful as the world'sGuinea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGabon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNauru: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Mali about twice as warm as the world's · 293 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as angry as the world's · 614 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso about twice as fearful as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 251 stories about harm ● Singapore about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 317 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 600 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 16,266 stories · about as usual Health22% 13,218 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence20% 12,428 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 8,802 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 5,024 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,208 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,936 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,329 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 killed20,102 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,430 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,200 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,626 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,629 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations781 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions643 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting people displaced437 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill275 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Uruguay

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.

● 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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