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52,189 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 day's news pointed at violence in Tehran, protests in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and a disaster in Myeik. Iran's coverage was about three times as angry 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 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostIran 84 in 100 of its 3,852 stories, usually 38
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 55 in 100 of its stories, usually 44
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Iran

3,243 of its 3,852 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tehran accounted for 2,935 of Iran's 3,243 stories about harm, carried by 1,439 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (2,140 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Protests & strikes

Argentina

62 of its 145 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 48 of Buenos Aires' 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Illness was named in 46 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Buenos Aires stories →
Disasters & accidents

Myanmar

533 of its 639 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Myeik accounted for 285 of Myanmar's 533 stories about harm, carried by 428 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (488 stories).

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Myeik stories →
Rights & justice

Mozambique

46 of its 84 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Cameroon

59 of its 106 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 14 of Douala's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Qatar

1,658 of its 3,234 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

94 of its 225 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

385 of its 752 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Jordan

135 of its 323 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Africa

611 of its 1,949 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Drought was named in 227 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flooding, snowstorms and building collapse.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in South Africa (227 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Germany (92 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Bangladesh (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Egypt (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Hong Kong (13 of its stories, about three times its usual).

22 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 7 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 52,189 stories about harm among 236,714 counted on 7 Jun.

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Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 22 in every 100 of the day's 236,714 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In South Africa's news, mentions of the drought ran about 5 times their usual. Iran stood out: 84% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 38%. On 7 June 2016, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iran84 in 100 of its 3,852 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar83 in 100 of its 639 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo81 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 79 · mostly rights & justice Mali77 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Syria77 in 100 of its 1,015 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran1052 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2935 Mandsaur India340 stories about protests or strikes, of its 359 Washington US253 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1093 Washington US201 stories about protests or strikes, of its 448 London UK169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3083

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 lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readRomania: 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: too little coverage to readPhilippines: 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 lessPanama: 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 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 lessNew Zealand: 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: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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: 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 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 lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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 lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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 readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: too little coverage to readBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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 lessBahamas: 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 readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualGuyana: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCongo: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualCedar Rapids, US -- health: 55 stories, carried by 69 outletsMississippi, US -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 23 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 23 outletsToowoomba, Australia -- conflict & violence: 47 stories, carried by 138 outletsNewport, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 10 outletsBrighton, UK -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 30 outletsCaracas, Venezuela -- rights & justice: 95 stories, carried by 89 outletsMangalore, India -- disasters & accidents: 18 stories, carried by 12 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

● Venezuela warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual ● Congo warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Rwanda warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Cedar Rapids US about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 55 stories ● Mississippi US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Beirut Lebanon about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 23 stories ● Toowoomba Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 47 stories ● Newport UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence32% 16,394 stories · much more than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice24% 12,192 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Health18% 9,253 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 6,145 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,258 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,840 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 965 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 883 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 killed18,211 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured7,571 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,782 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,886 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions568 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting refugees420 at about half the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting people displaced376 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations282 at about half the usual rate · most about the Philippines and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill38 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● Feara little more than 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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