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63,295 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 Bogota, the heatwave in Romania and protests in Manama (Bahrain) drew the news. Colombia's coverage was about twice as warm as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Chile and Antarctica → Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostMontenegro 79 in 100 of its 98 stories, usually 16
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

Colombia

678 of its 926 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Bogota accounted for 364 of Colombia's 678 stories about harm, carried by 213 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (356 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Disasters & accidents

Romania

66 of its 288 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Heatwave was named in 51 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Romania over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Jordan

290 of its 481 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Armenia

218 of its 435 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Yerevan accounted for 175 of Armenia's 218 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Congo

251 of its 329 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (206 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Cuba

98 of its 229 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

145 of its 187 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Health

South Korea

302 of its 1,117 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (213 stories). Hunger was named in 166 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Thailand

418 of its 905 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 217 of Bangkok's 307 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in South Korea (166 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Iceland (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Cambodia (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Malaysia (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (93 of its stories, about 7 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 23 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 63,295 stories about harm among 290,035 counted on 23 Jun.

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In South Korea's news, mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 290,035 stories, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Chile and Antarctica. On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. Colombia stood out: 73% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 41%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger88 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 83 · mostly displacement Eritrea87 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Yemen86 in 100 of its 207 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Bahrain85 in 100 of its 397 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Antarctica82 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 49 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1342 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3360 Orlando US869 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1852 Baltimore US225 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260 Bangkok Thailand217 stories about protests or strikes, of its 307 Viernheim Germany215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 655

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri 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'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão 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'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: 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'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'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRomania: 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'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMoldova: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalta: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: 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 twice as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCyprus: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Colombia about twice as warm as the world's · 678 stories about harm ● Pakistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 914 stories about harm ● South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 145 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 373 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as fearful as the world's · 179 stories about harm ● Armenia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 218 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 18,630 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Conflict & violence22% 13,803 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Health18% 11,325 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 9,490 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,540 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,622 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,945 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 868 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 killed19,039 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected8,007 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,917 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,636 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees2,060 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Jordan Stories reporting abductions1,389 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced1,179 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Colombia and Iraq Stories reporting evacuations852 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill284 at about three times the usual rate · most about Chile and Antarctica

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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