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36,458 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 drownings in Greece, violence in Vihti and protests in Oromo (Ethiopia). Finland's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostGreece 59 in 100 of its 560 stories, usually 28
RegionEast Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Displacement

Greece

328 of its 560 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Athens accounted for 223 of Greece's 328 stories about harm, carried by 197 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (252 stories). Drownings were named in 86 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Conflict & violence

Finland

105 of its 288 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Vihti accounted for 98 of Finland's 105 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Finland over 30 days → its stories → Vihti stories →
Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

57 of its 102 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 6 of Oromo's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Drought was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Oromo stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Romania

33 of its 106 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Niger

226 of its 230 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 81%. Diffa accounted for 163 of Niger's 226 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (129 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

147 of its 474 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 79 of Harare's 122 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (85 stories). HIV was named in 73 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

624 of its 951 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Cairo accounted for 542 of Egypt's 624 stories about harm, carried by 418 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (327 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Gambia

19 of its 31 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 15 of Sandeng's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

China

804 of its 3,115 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories). Landslides were named in 51 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with road crashes.

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Rights & justice

Israel

412 of its 636 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Tel Aviv accounted for 242 of Israel's 412 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (223 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hiv in Zimbabwe (73 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (117 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Haiti (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Kazakhstan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Japan (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 36,458 stories about harm among 157,324 counted on 18 Jun.

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Greece stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 28%. 23 in every 100 of the day's 157,324 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger98 in 100 of its 230 stories · usually 81 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen91 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq78 in 100 of its 910 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Angola76 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 32 · mostly rights & justice Syria73 in 100 of its 832 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Orlando US282 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2339 Wukan China187 stories about protests or strikes, of its 187 Washington US120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1038 Beijing China114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 276 Moscow Russia108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 327

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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: 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'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier 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'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAngola: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier 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

● Belgium about three times as fearful as the world's · 373 stories about harm ● Niger about three times as angry as the world's · 226 stories about harm ● Finland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Singapore about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 185 stories about harm ● France about twice as fearful as the world's · 239 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 105 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence31% 11,250 stories · much more than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice27% 9,664 stories · about as usual Health15% 5,281 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents14% 4,940 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,415 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,096 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 936 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 470 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 killed12,944 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,035 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected4,049 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,398 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,013 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Greece and Niger Stories reporting abductions508 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations499 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced498 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about China and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill13 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about Canada and the US

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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as 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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