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59,731 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 violence in Kathmandu, protests in Caracas (Venezuela) and people injured in South Sudan. Nepal's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAntarctica 85 in 100 of its 306 stories, usually 38
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 52 in 100 of its stories, usually 50
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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Conflict & violence

Nepal

192 of its 315 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kathmandu accounted for 140 of Nepal's 192 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (50 stories). HIV was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

323 of its 520 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Caracas accounted for 240 of Venezuela's 323 stories about harm, carried by 211 outlets. 190 of Caracas' 240 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (167 stories).

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Displacement

South Sudan

119 of its 164 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Philippines

Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (25 stories). Overdoses were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Palestine

396 of its 634 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Ramallah accounted for 299 of Palestine's 396 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (169 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

393 of its 447 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Sirte accounted for 283 of Libya's 393 stories about harm, carried by 360 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (254 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

507 of its 644 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Kabul accounted for 273 of Afghanistan's 507 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

728 of its 1,667 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Drought was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Jordan

393 of its 607 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (215 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

377 of its 524 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (208 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in North Korea (77 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Japan (66 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Congo (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Uganda (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Iran (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 59,731 stories about harm among 289,605 counted on 22 Jun.

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Mentions of wildfires ran more than ten times their usual in North Korea's news. of the day's 289,605 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. Nepal stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 47%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya88 in 100 of its 447 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Antarctica85 in 100 of its 306 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen85 in 100 of its 241 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Niger83 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 83 · mostly displacement Afghanistan79 in 100 of its 644 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Orlando US541 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1781 Washington US404 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2341 Raqqa Syria306 stories about protests or strikes, of its 347 Caracas Venezuela190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 240 Philadelphia US146 stories about protests or strikes, of its 375

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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 lessSweden: 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 lessSri Lanka: 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 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: 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 lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: too little coverage to readNew 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 readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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 lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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 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 lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 lessCroatia: 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 readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong 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 lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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 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 lessBahrain: 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 lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: too little coverage to readAksai 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: too little coverage to readSiachen Glacier: too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readVatican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualNicaragua: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEritrea: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualCôte d’Ivoire: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualTashkent, Uzbekistan -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 10 outletsNuer, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 23 outletsAlaska, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsBalochistan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsQuebec, Canada -- health: 63 stories, carried by 46 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 59 stories, carried by 50 outletsBerkeley County, US -- rights & justice: 168 stories, carried by 170 outletsUpper Nile State, South Sudan -- displacement: 44 stories, carried by 56 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

● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Uzbekistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Tashkent Uzbekistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Nuer South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 32 stories ● Alaska US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Balochistan Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Quebec Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 63 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 15,923 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence24% 13,948 stories · about as usual Health19% 11,039 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 8,708 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 3,225 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,469 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,249 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,193 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 killed17,734 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,585 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,242 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,541 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees2,012 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Jordan Stories reporting evacuations1,160 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people displaced1,092 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Colombia and Iraq Stories reporting abductions869 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill34 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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
● Griefa little less than 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.