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What the world's news said happened to people.
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36,273 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 news turned to violence in Yerevan, protests in Saihat (Saudi Arabia) and people killed in Rwanda. Armenia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Somalia → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostArmenia 81 in 100 of its 1,079 stories, usually 31
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
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

Armenia

874 of its 1,079 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Yerevan accounted for 571 of Armenia's 874 stories about harm, carried by 513 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (394 stories). Flooding was named in 58 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Rwanda

109 of its 138 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (92 stories). Natural hazards were named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Malaysia

210 of its 604 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (124 stories). Diphtheria was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Tunisia

61 of its 76 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tunis accounted for 49 of Tunisia's 61 stories about harm, carried by 162 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

848 of its 900 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Mogadishu accounted for 780 of Somalia's 848 stories about harm, carried by 758 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (365 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

298 of its 550 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tehran accounted for 203 of Iran's 298 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Morocco

25 of its 55 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

231 of its 373 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

177 of its 194 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (151 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Spain (109 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Haiti (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Peru (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (66 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tuberculosis in Switzerland (12 of its stories, more than ten 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 25 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 36,273 stories about harm among 163,523 counted on 25 Jun.

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Mentions of Ebola ran more than ten times their usual in Spain's news. of the day's 163,523 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Somalia. In Armenia, 81% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia94 in 100 of its 900 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Libya91 in 100 of its 194 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Syria87 in 100 of its 713 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan84 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 56 · mostly health Armenia81 in 100 of its 1,079 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK332 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1092 Washington US202 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1176 Cincinnati US167 stories about protests or strikes, of its 225 Manbij Syria157 stories about protests or strikes, of its 221 San Francisco US123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 217

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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'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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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 readNorway: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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 readLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: 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'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more fearful 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 · 231 stories about harm ● Armenia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 874 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as angry as the world's · 848 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 180 stories about harm ● Italy about twice as fearful as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 298 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 9,395 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence24% 8,676 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 6,762 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Health17% 6,093 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,284 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,192 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 626 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 560 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 killed14,160 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,138 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,439 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,023 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,086 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Somalia Stories reporting abductions699 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees665 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced346 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US 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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