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61,942 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 rights and justice in Vilnius, protests in Luanda (Angola) and violence in Istanbul. Lithuania's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostLithuania 81 in 100 of its 258 stories, usually 10
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 68 in 100 of its stories, usually 51
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Lithuania

210 of its 258 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Vilnius accounted for 201 of Lithuania's 210 stories about harm, carried by 226 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (195 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Lithuania over 30 days → its stories → Vilnius stories →
Protests & strikes

Angola

111 of its 167 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Luanda accounted for 101 of Angola's 111 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. 97 of Luanda's 101 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (97 stories).

Angola over 30 days → its stories → Luanda stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

8,023 of its 9,202 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Istanbul accounted for 7,538 of Türkiye's 8,023 stories about harm, carried by 2,964 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5,866 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Istanbul stories →
Health

Norway

101 of its 296 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Power cuts were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Norway over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Côte d’Ivoire

123 of its 133 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Abidjan accounted for 120 of Côte d’Ivoire's 123 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Paraguay

93 of its 113 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Chaco Boreal accounted for 90 of Paraguay's 93 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories).

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Rights & justice

Romania

204 of its 362 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (52 stories). Storms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Suriname

42 of its 44 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 23 of Paramaribo's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

105 of its 303 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

147 of its 180 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Hunger was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in North Korea (59 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Saudi Arabia (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in South Sudan (30 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in Myanmar (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (39 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 29 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 61,942 stories about harm among 278,682 counted on 29 Jun.

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In Lithuania, 81% of the news was about people being harmed, where 10% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 278,682 stories, as usual. Mentions of power cuts ran more than ten times their usual in North Korea's news. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Côte d’Ivoire92 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice Türkiye87 in 100 of its 9,202 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Paraguay82 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 23 · mostly disasters & accidents South Sudan82 in 100 of its 180 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Lithuania81 in 100 of its 258 stories · usually 10 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US408 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2483 Istanbul Türkiye406 stories about protests or strikes, of its 7538 Amarillo US320 stories about protests or strikes, of its 591 Harney County US205 stories about protests or strikes, of its 217 Chicago US198 stories about protests or strikes, of its 508

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'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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: 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'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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: 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'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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'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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSuriname: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMongolia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMali: coverage about three times as warm as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as 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

● Mali about three times as warm as the world's · 167 stories about harm ● Azerbaijan about three times as fearful as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Lithuania about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 210 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as angry as the world's · 8,023 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 664 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 375 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence29% 17,905 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice26% 16,026 stories · about as usual Health17% 10,453 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 7,494 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 4,122 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,172 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,332 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,197 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 killed24,582 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured10,567 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and the US Stories reporting people affected7,149 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,672 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,037 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Jordan and the US Stories reporting abductions922 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations752 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced306 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill36 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and China

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout one and a half times 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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