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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.

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: 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 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: too little coverage to readIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: 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 lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: too little coverage to readChile: too little coverage to readChad: too little coverage to readCentral 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: 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 lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readUganda: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualGuyana: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAngola: warmth about one and a half times its own usualOslo, Norway -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsWorcester Polytechnic Institute, US -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 17 outletsBuenos Aires, Argentina -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 12 outletsKentucky, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 17 outletsNaguru, Uganda -- food & livelihood: 31 stories, carried by 18 outletsGuangming, China -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsMuzaffarnagar, India -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsNottingham, UK -- health: 23 stories, carried by 13 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

● Angola warmth about one and a half times usual ● Argentina warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Oslo Norway about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Worcester Polytechnic Institute US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● Buenos Aires Argentina about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Kentucky US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Naguru Uganda about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 31 stories

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.