← 31 May Thursday 1 June 2017 · to 23:59 UTC 2 Jun →
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
47,016 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.

How to read these numbers →

Most of the day's attention went to violence in Kabul, protests in al-Hoceima (Morocco) and the ebola in Haiti. Austria's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNiger 84 in 100 of its 291 stories, usually 43
RegionSoutheast Asia 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

1,356 of its 1,588 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Kabul accounted for 1,206 of Afghanistan's 1,356 stories about harm, carried by 721 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (68 stories). Earthquake was named in 94 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with avalanche. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Protests & strikes

Morocco

95 of its 166 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 40 of al-Hoceima's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (75 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Morocco over 30 days → its stories → Al-Hoceima stories →
Disasters & accidents

Haiti

107 of its 144 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Ebola was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Austria

69 of its 201 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Niger

244 of its 291 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Niamey accounted for 97 of Niger's 244 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (238 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Philippines

2,370 of its 4,127 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (275 stories). Dengue was named in 46 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tornadoes, rabies and food poisoning. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Mali

59 of its 74 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. 13 of Mahou's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Algeria

40 of its 67 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Algiers accounted for 31 of Algeria's 40 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories).

its stories →
Health

Guinea-Bissau

11 of its 12 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Malaria was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

233 of its 354 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (100 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (152 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Bangladesh (55 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); extreme cold in Russia (161 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Guinea-Bissau (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Türkiye (65 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 22 the day before
26 in 10019 in 1003 May10 May17 May24 May1 Jun3 May: 21 in 1004 May: 21 in 1005 May: 21 in 1006 May: 23 in 1007 May: 24 in 1008 May: 20 in 1009 May: 20 in 10010 May: 20 in 10011 May: 19 in 10012 May: 20 in 10013 May: 22 in 10014 May: 20 in 10015 May: 20 in 10016 May: 20 in 10017 May: 20 in 10018 May: 20 in 10019 May: 21 in 10020 May: 22 in 10021 May: 22 in 10022 May: 20 in 10023 May: 26 in 10024 May: 23 in 10025 May: 22 in 10026 May: 22 in 10027 May: 25 in 10028 May: 26 in 10029 May: 24 in 10030 May: 23 in 10031 May: 22 in 1001 Jun: 20 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 47,016 stories about harm among 236,123 counted on 1 Jun.

Read the day's briefing

The news turned to Afghanistan for the second day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 236,123 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. In Afghanistan, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 72% is usual. A year earlier, on 1 June 2016, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Over May, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 in May 2016.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan85 in 100 of its 1,588 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Central African Republic84 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 87 · mostly displacement Niger84 in 100 of its 291 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Mali80 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti74 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 50 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US389 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2142 Kabul Afghanistan142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1206 Philadelphia US138 stories about protests or strikes, of its 287 Huajian China128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128 Raqqa Syria118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 221

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'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: too little coverage to readU.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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão 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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: 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'sNicaragua: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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 readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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 readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuinea-Bissau: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little warmer 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

● Niger about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 244 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 1,356 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 666 stories about harm ● Austria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Kashmir about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 233 stories about harm ● Ghana about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 184 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 11,526 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence24% 11,176 stories · about as usual Health19% 8,927 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 6,998 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,211 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,690 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,328 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,165 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 killed15,259 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,604 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,490 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured5,444 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced619 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Philippines and Israel Stories reporting refugees586 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting abductions570 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations438 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill44 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 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?

The weekly briefing · 18 Oct – 24 Oct

The week in human impact

Read the week →

Unlock a year of trends, free. Follow up to 5 countries, with a bell when their news changes, and 👍 vote for Pro — ten years of the archive, any period, daily alerts.

Create a free account

Sign in · a username, an email and a password.

How to read these numbers →

These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.