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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

how these are picked →
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

usually 21; 24 the day before
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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.

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 lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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 lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 readSouth Sudan: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi 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 lessQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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 lessLiberia: 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 readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: too little coverage to readPalestine: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: too little coverage to readFiji: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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 lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: too little coverage to readHong 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: too little coverage to readGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualGuam: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualCôte d’Ivoire: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualIslay, UK -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 17 outletsMaine, US -- health: 73 stories, carried by 60 outletsDarfur, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 114 stories, carried by 121 outletsGrand Rapids, US -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsOslo, Norway -- disasters & accidents: 22 stories, carried by 17 outletsKirriemuir, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsBiloela, Australia -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 11 stories, carried by 23 outletsDadaab, Kenya -- displacement: 20 stories, carried by 12 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

● Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual ● Central African Republic warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Islay UK about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Maine US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 73 stories ● Darfur Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 114 stories ● Grand Rapids US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Oslo Norway about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 22 stories

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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