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53,411 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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The day's news pointed at protests in Manbij (Syria), violence in Yerevan and the drought in the Central African Republic. Armenia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostArmenia 69 in 100 of its 828 stories, usually 27
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Syria

575 of its 698 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. 147 of Manbij's 204 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories). Drought was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Manbij stories →
Conflict & violence

Armenia

571 of its 828 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Yerevan accounted for 511 of Armenia's 571 stories about harm, carried by 415 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories → Yerevan stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kuwait

67 of its 110 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kuwait over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Lebanon

148 of its 244 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Saadnayel accounted for 104 of Lebanon's 148 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. 80 of Saadnayel's 104 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (80 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

156 of its 312 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 27 of Riyadh's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (68 stories). Ebola was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Cyprus

58 of its 112 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

507 of its 835 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (299 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

450 of its 749 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Ramallah accounted for 298 of Palestine's 450 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (126 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Iran

344 of its 720 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (131 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Nicaragua (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in China (340 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in South Sudan (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in UK (786 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Angola (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 53,411 stories about harm among 280,758 counted on 24 Jun.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 12 May 2016. Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. In Nicaragua's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran about 7 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 280,758 stories, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria82 in 100 of its 698 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia78 in 100 of its 164 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan74 in 100 of its 503 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Libya71 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Congo70 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US568 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2359 London UK175 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2439 Orlando US168 stories about protests or strikes, of its 841 Stonewall Inn US166 stories about protests or strikes, of its 399 Yerevan Armenia157 stories about protests or strikes, of its 511

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: 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 lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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 lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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 readCuba: 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualNicaragua: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEritrea: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCrow Creek, US -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsCorinto, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 26 outletsPontotoc, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 229 stories, carried by 219 outletsHiroshima, Japan -- conflict & violence: 35 stories, carried by 30 outletsTorkham, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 20 outletsMadrid, Spain -- food & livelihood: 66 stories, carried by 63 outletsYulin, China -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 20 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

● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sri Lanka warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kenya warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Crow Creek US about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Corinto Colombia about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Pontotoc US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 229 stories ● Hiroshima Japan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 35 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 15,068 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 11,312 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Health18% 9,364 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 9,090 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,031 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,068 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,397 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 987 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 killed15,926 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected7,606 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,373 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,260 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting refugees2,007 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting abductions1,241 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced716 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations702 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill49 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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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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