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68,142 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 protests in Mukalla (Yemen), violence in Sarajevo and rights and justice in Jerusalem. Bosnia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK → Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Afghanistan → Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the Philippines → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 4 times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 43 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostBahrain 83 in 100 of its 299 stories, usually 35
RegionNorth America 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Yemen

155 of its 182 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Mukalla accounted for 97 of Yemen's 155 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. 77 of Mukalla's 97 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (90 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Mukalla stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

75 of its 78 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Sarajevo accounted for 64 of Bosnia's 75 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Sarajevo stories →
Rights & justice

Israel

1,026 of its 1,595 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Jerusalem accounted for 761 of Israel's 1,026 stories about harm, carried by 399 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (151 stories).

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

Uganda

218 of its 412 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Romania

69 of its 246 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 32 of Bucharest's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

418 of its 737 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 161 of Dhaka's 238 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (298 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

348 of its 487 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Beirut accounted for 321 of Lebanon's 348 stories about harm, carried by 370 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (57 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

228 of its 338 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (208 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

US

34,039 of its 88,027 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11,332 stories). Accidents were named in 723 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Indonesia (38 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tsunami in Iceland (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Austria (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Syria (39 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); ebola in Ghana (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 68,142 stories about harm among 255,016 counted on 13 Jun.

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It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed in all 165 days held. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 4 times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 27 in every 100 of the day's 255,016 stories, above the usual 21. People killed were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia96 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen85 in 100 of its 182 stories · usually 77 · mostly rights & justice Bahrain83 in 100 of its 299 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan76 in 100 of its 1,109 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq75 in 100 of its 1,007 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Orlando US1785 stories about protests or strikes, of its 14512 Washington US245 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2482 Dhaka Bangladesh161 stories about protests or strikes, of its 238 Dohuk Iraq107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 112 Caracas Venezuela96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 116

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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 lessPuerto Rico: 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: 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 readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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 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 readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: warmth about its own usualGuam: warmth about its own usualUS: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSlovenia: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualRhode Island, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 29 stories, carried by 22 outletsHopkinsville, US -- health: 32 stories, carried by 41 outletsBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 14 outletsKingaroy, Australia -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 21 outletsKurdistan, Iran -- conflict & violence: 86 stories, carried by 77 outletsGreen Pigeon, Australia -- health: 16 stories, carried by 11 outletsAktobe, Kazakhstan -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 11 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 66 stories, carried by 24 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

● Ecuador warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sri Lanka warmth about one and a half times usual ● Chile warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Rhode Island US about three times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 29 stories ● Hopkinsville US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 32 stories ● Bamako Mali about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Kingaroy Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Kurdistan Iran about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 86 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence43% 29,147 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Rights & justice21% 14,228 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Health14% 9,367 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents8% 5,542 stories · much less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 5,076 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 1,491 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,403 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,091 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 killed35,128 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured16,151 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people affected6,308 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,019 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,700 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting refugees1,379 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced596 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations286 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill39 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times usual
● Fearabout one and a half times 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.