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51,625 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 Beirut, protests in Kakata (Liberia) and road crashes in Sweden drew the news. Lebanon's coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMadagascar 94 in 100 of its 251 stories, usually 27
RegionSoutheast Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

707 of its 831 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Beirut accounted for 430 of Lebanon's 707 stories about harm, carried by 467 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (605 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Protests & strikes

Liberia

313 of its 427 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Kakata accounted for 278 of Liberia's 313 stories about harm, carried by 395 outlets. 195 of Kakata's 278 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories).

Liberia over 30 days → its stories → Kakata stories →
Health

Sweden

128 of its 403 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (67 stories). Road crashes were named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Malaysia

376 of its 1,095 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Jordan

392 of its 549 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Amman accounted for 291 of Jordan's 392 stories about harm, carried by 263 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (329 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

491 of its 800 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories). Cyclone was named in 50 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tornadoes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Indonesia

281 of its 601 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (145 stories). Hepatitis was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms and measles. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Madagascar

235 of its 251 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (233 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

1,312 of its 2,068 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 240 of Jerusalem's 445 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories).

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Health

Angola

28 of its 62 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Malaria was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with ebola.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Mexico (130 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Barbados (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Cambodia (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Palestine (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in Guyana (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 51,625 stories about harm among 256,412 counted on 27 Jun.

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Mexico's news mentioned outbreaks more than ten times as often as usual. Lebanon's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 37%. of the day's 256,412 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Madagascar94 in 100 of its 251 stories · usually 27 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon85 in 100 of its 831 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Central African Republic84 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Yemen83 in 100 of its 247 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq80 in 100 of its 1,250 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Sacramento US772 stories about protests or strikes, of its 907 London UK392 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1249 Washington US319 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1358 Jerusalem Israel259 stories about protests or strikes, of its 438 Jerusalem Israel240 stories about protests or strikes, of its 445

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readSierra 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: 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 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: 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 lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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 lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: 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 readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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 lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: 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 readAntigua & 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 lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEritrea: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualMinnesota, US -- rights & justice: 63 stories, carried by 94 outletsBogalusa, US -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 20 outletsUgho, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsLingostiere, France -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsDun-les-Places, France -- conflict & violence: 43 stories, carried by 22 outletsAmsterdam, Netherlands -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 15 outletsOromocto, Canada -- shelter & services: 15 stories, carried by 23 outletsAguablanca, Colombia -- health: 10 stories, carried by 41 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

● Mexico warmth about one and a half times usual ● France warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iran warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Minnesota US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 63 stories ● Bogalusa US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 20 stories ● Ugho Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Lingostiere France about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Dun-les-Places France about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 43 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 14,157 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 11,065 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Health19% 9,659 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 8,384 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,729 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,790 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,307 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 634 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 killed17,998 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,798 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,440 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,271 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions1,049 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,014 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Jordan and the US Stories reporting evacuations418 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced411 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill37 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Angola

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.

● 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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