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What the world's news said happened to people.
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65,315 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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Violence in Darfur, protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh) and rights and justice in Buenos Aires drew the news. Bangladesh's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostChad 58 in 100 of its 125 stories, usually 29
RegionNorth America 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

135 of its 183 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Darfur accounted for 114 of Sudan's 135 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (110 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

416 of its 702 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 132 of Dhaka's 192 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (250 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Yemen

158 of its 182 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Sanaa accounted for 72 of Yemen's 158 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (110 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Central African Republic

34 of its 45 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Indonesia

275 of its 649 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Poisoning was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with dengue. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

US

28,764 of its 98,830 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (816 stories). Oil spill was named in 281 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Rights & justice

South Africa

770 of its 2,558 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (324 stories). Poisoning was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts.

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Protests & strikes

Chile

109 of its 317 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 53 of Santiago's 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Iceland (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in India (286 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Switzerland (14 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); hiv in Ghana (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Indonesia (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 65,315 stories about harm among 292,564 counted on 15 Jun.

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Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 22 in every 100 of the day's 292,564 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Sudan, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 53% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen87 in 100 of its 182 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan74 in 100 of its 183 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq69 in 100 of its 1,030 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Syria65 in 100 of its 872 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Libya63 in 100 of its 312 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Orlando US1107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 7820 Washington US235 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3240 Paris France205 stories about protests or strikes, of its 713 Torkham Afghanistan142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 224 Dhaka Bangladesh132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 192

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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 readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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 readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: 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'sChad: 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'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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSeychelles: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer 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'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Sudan about twice as warm as the world's · 135 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 416 stories about harm ● Denmark about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● France about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 927 stories about harm ● Central African Republic few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Armenia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 73 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence33% 21,078 stories · much more than usual (usually 24%) Rights & justice26% 16,790 stories · about as usual Health17% 11,085 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 6,318 stories · much less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,924 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,945 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,702 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,500 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 killed26,303 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people injured8,942 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests6,569 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,273 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,495 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees1,031 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting people displaced679 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations307 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill53 at about half 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little more than 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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