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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

how these are picked →
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.

its stories →
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.

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: 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: 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 lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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 lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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 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 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 lessJordan: too little coverage to readJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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 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 readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: 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 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 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 lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt 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 lessLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBahrain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualMaldives: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHenan, China -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 19 outletsRockledge Police Department, US -- shelter & services: 32 stories, carried by 33 outletsNiagara Falls, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsAlmhult, Sweden -- displacement: 16 stories, carried by 10 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- conflict & violence: 78 stories, carried by 78 outletsTripoli, Libya -- conflict & violence: 50 stories, carried by 43 outletsAmsterdam, Netherlands -- health: 25 stories, carried by 22 outletsGreen Pigeon, Australia -- health: 24 stories, carried by 32 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

● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Libya warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ecuador warmth about one and a half times usual ● Maldives warmth about one and a half times usual ● Poland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bahrain warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Henan China about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Rockledge Police Department US about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 32 stories ● Niagara Falls US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Almhult Sweden about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 16 stories ● Brussels Belgium about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 78 stories

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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