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69,240 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 protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh), helicopter crash in Myanmar and violence in Ngozi. Burundi's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostMaldives 99 in 100 of its 101 stories, usually 36
RegionNorth America 32 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

Bangladesh

517 of its 825 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Dhaka accounted for 318 of Bangladesh's 517 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. 238 of Dhaka's 318 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (384 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Disasters & accidents

Myanmar

112 of its 179 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Yangon accounted for 86 of Myanmar's 112 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (81 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Conflict & violence

Burundi

97 of its 112 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Ngozi accounted for 63 of Burundi's 97 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Iraq

688 of its 857 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Fallujah accounted for 447 of Iraq's 688 stories about harm, carried by 313 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (172 stories). Cholera was named in 62 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks.

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Conflict & violence

Eritrea

83 of its 123 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

US

31,846 of its 97,482 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7,827 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

France

1,470 of its 5,077 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Pakistan

670 of its 1,510 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 126 of Peshawar's 182 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (111 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Algeria

37 of its 105 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Vanuatu (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in Austria (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Iceland (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Zambia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); oil spill in Brazil (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 27 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 69,240 stories about harm among 288,529 counted on 14 Jun.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India. Mentions of the earthquake ran about three times their usual in Vanuatu's news. of the day's 288,529 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Maldives99 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice Burundi87 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq80 in 100 of its 857 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Bahrain78 in 100 of its 380 stories · usually 40 · mostly rights & justice Syria75 in 100 of its 765 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Orlando US1733 stories about protests or strikes, of its 9032 Paris France494 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1270 Washington US401 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3707 Dhaka Bangladesh238 stories about protests or strikes, of its 318 Charleston US139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228

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'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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 readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: 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'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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: 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: 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'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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

● Burundi about twice as angry as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Armenia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● France about twice as angry as the world's · 1,470 stories about harm ● Belgium about twice as fearful as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 575 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 517 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence37% 25,528 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Rights & justice25% 17,393 stories · about as usual Health15% 10,518 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents9% 6,052 stories · much less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 4,402 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,731 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,430 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,364 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 killed28,800 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people injured11,683 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests7,208 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,926 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions1,467 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting refugees1,255 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced514 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations208 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill28 at less than a quarter 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.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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