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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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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

usually 22; 24 the day before
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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.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra 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: too little coverage to readSão 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 lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: 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 lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: 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 lessJapan: 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 lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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 lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: 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 readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualNadda, India -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsPhnom Penh, Cambodia -- rights & justice: 69 stories, carried by 49 outletsAnacortes, US -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsKars, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsPleasure Point, US -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 111 outletsWest Midlands, UK -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 17 outletsManchester, UK -- conflict & violence: 1,486 stories, carried by 1,047 outletsKoblenz, Germany -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 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

● Cambodia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Nadda India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Phnom Penh Cambodia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 69 stories ● Anacortes US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Kars Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Pleasure Point US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories

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