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36,698 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 London, protests in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) and refugees in Bulgaria. Cambodia's coverage was about twice as warm as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the UK and the US → Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the UK and the US → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostUK 69 in 100 of its 20,399 stories, usually 26
RegionEurope 55 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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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Conflict & violence

UK

14,083 of its 20,399 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. London accounted for 11,856 of the UK's 14,083 stories about harm, carried by 2,898 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9,302 stories). Bird flu was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

UK over 30 days → its stories → London stories →
Protests & strikes

Cambodia

266 of its 449 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 45 of Phnom Penh's 69 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (212 stories). Hunger was named in 216 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Phnom Penh stories →
Displacement

Bulgaria

37 of its 54 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bulgaria over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

34 of its 122 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Heavy rain was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Syria

384 of its 482 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Raqqa accounted for 171 of Syria's 384 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. 88 of Raqqa's 171 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

France

479 of its 1,695 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (193 stories). Drought was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Displacement

Japan

344 of its 916 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (104 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Morocco

40 of its 69 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 31 of al-Hoceima's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

1,325 of its 2,124 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Hunger was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with extreme cold.

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Conflict & violence

Singapore

53 of its 198 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (7 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: flu in South Korea (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Sri Lanka (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in South Africa (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in Canada (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in France (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

32 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 36,698 stories about harm among 116,501 counted on 4 Jun.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest in all 521 days held. 32 in every 100 of the day's 116,501 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. People killed were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the UK and the US. This week the news turned most often to Afghanistan, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria80 in 100 of its 482 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen79 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 77 · mostly health Tunisia76 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan74 in 100 of its 463 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Libya71 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK1795 stories about protests or strikes, of its 11856 Beijing China274 stories about protests or strikes, of its 367 Portland US173 stories about protests or strikes, of its 339 Baghdad Iraq144 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 Boulder US121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 readSudan: 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'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: 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 readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Cambodia about twice as warm as the world's · 266 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 341 stories about harm ● France about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 479 stories about harm ● Syria about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 384 stories about harm ● UK about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 14,083 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 403 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence39% 14,011 stories · much more than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents22% 8,164 stories · much more than usual (usually 13%) Rights & justice17% 6,026 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Health13% 4,677 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,652 stories · less than usual (usually 7%) Shelter & services2% 689 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 684 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 429 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 killed19,874 at about twice the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people injured11,793 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting arrests5,128 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people affected3,002 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations452 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and Japan Stories reporting refugees424 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced305 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about South Sudan and Syria Stories reporting abductions224 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill28 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and South Sudan

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.

● Angerabout one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than usual
● Fearabout twice 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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