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55,368 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 Amman, protests in Cibitoke (Burundi) and people displaced in Colombo. Jordan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostMaldives 87 in 100 of its 145 stories, usually 16
RegionCentral Asia 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

Jordan

478 of its 681 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Amman accounted for 359 of Jordan's 478 stories about harm, carried by 409 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Cyclone was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories → Amman stories →
Protests & strikes

Burundi

83 of its 92 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Cibitoke accounted for 68 of Burundi's 83 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. 54 of Cibitoke's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Burundi over 30 days → its stories → Cibitoke stories →
Displacement

Sri Lanka

288 of its 521 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Colombo accounted for 256 of Sri Lanka's 288 stories about harm, carried by 215 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (109 stories). Wildfires were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Belgium

597 of its 901 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (563 stories). Accidents were named in 187 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Niger

98 of its 107 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Niamey accounted for 60 of Niger's 98 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

226 of its 289 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Mogadishu accounted for 172 of Somalia's 226 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Maldives

126 of its 145 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kazakhstan

132 of its 241 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Belarus

57 of its 149 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

288 of its 749 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Oil spill was named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flu in Hong Kong (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Iran (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Colombia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Uganda (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in US (1821 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 55,368 stories about harm among 259,136 counted on 6 Jun.

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Jordan stood out: 70% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. 21 in every 100 of the day's 259,136 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Hong Kong's news, mentions of the flu ran more than ten times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger92 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi90 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Maldives87 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 16 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen81 in 100 of its 256 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia78 in 100 of its 289 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kisumu Kenya243 stories about protests or strikes, of its 251 Washington US171 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1686 Chicago US165 stories about protests or strikes, of its 863 Fallujah Iraq160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 856 Berlin Germany137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 210

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: 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 lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 readNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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 lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: 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 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 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 lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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 lessAndorra: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about twice its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHelsinki, Finland -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsBentiu, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 43 stories, carried by 58 outletsBudapest, Hungary -- conflict & violence: 102 stories, carried by 115 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsRathduff, Ireland -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 33 stories, carried by 142 outletsHerat, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsRainbow Lake, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsVermont, US -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 13 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

● Hungary warmth about twice usual ● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Angola warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Jordan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Finland warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Helsinki Finland about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 14 stories ● Bentiu South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 43 stories ● Budapest Hungary about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 102 stories ● Bogota Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Rathduff Ireland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 33 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 13,521 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents21% 11,402 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence20% 10,890 stories · about as usual Health20% 10,663 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,472 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,923 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,485 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,161 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 killed18,166 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,118 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,798 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,718 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,218 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting refugees992 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Jordan and the US Stories reporting people displaced582 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions480 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill66 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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