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What the world's news said happened to people.
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46,763 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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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Doha, people displaced in Baidoa and protests in Baramulla (Kashmir). Qatar's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIran 72 in 100 of its 1,040 stories, usually 48
RegionCentral Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
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

Qatar

1,288 of its 2,308 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Doha accounted for 753 of Qatar's 1,288 stories about harm, carried by 515 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (152 stories). Avalanche was named in 98 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Qatar over 30 days → its stories → Doha stories →
Displacement

Somalia

277 of its 333 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Baidoa accounted for 143 of Somalia's 277 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (217 stories). Cholera was named in 114 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Baidoa stories →
Protests & strikes

Kashmir

192 of its 300 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. 44 of Baramulla's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Earthquake was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Baramulla stories →
Disasters & accidents

Myanmar

289 of its 374 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (231 stories). Plane crash was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with train derailment.

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

Iran

751 of its 1,040 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tehran accounted for 677 of Iran's 751 stories about harm, carried by 446 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (283 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

175 of its 200 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Kidal accounted for 163 of Mali's 175 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

North Korea

118 of its 359 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 99 of Pyongyang's 105 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (97 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Norway

121 of its 350 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (80 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kazakhstan

76 of its 318 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Africa

502 of its 1,613 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories). Wildfires were named in 98 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hiv in South Sudan (92 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in UK (827 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in South Africa (98 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Zimbabwe (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Palestine (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 46,763 stories about harm among 240,194 counted on 9 Jun.

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In South Sudan's news, mentions of HIV ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 19 in every 100 of the day's 240,194 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. In Qatar, 56% of the news was about people being harmed, where 35% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali88 in 100 of its 200 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen85 in 100 of its 287 stories · usually 78 · mostly health Congo84 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 80 · mostly rights & justice Somalia83 in 100 of its 333 stories · usually 68 · mostly displacement Myanmar77 in 100 of its 374 stories · usually 56 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK293 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2087 Washington US260 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1780 Seattle US253 stories about protests or strikes, of its 317 Mandsaur India224 stories about protests or strikes, of its 275 Jerusalem Israel185 stories about protests or strikes, of its 418

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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 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 lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: 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 lessSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra 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: 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: 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 lessPoland: 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 lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: 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 lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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 readIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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 lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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 readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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): 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readUK: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLesotho: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualKidal, Mali -- conflict & violence: 163 stories, carried by 147 outletsWichita, US -- health: 37 stories, carried by 37 outletsWolf Creek, Australia -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 122 outletsJaipur, India -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 17 outletsPort Huron, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 32 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 73 stories, carried by 52 outletsBudapest, Hungary -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsInverell, Australia -- food & livelihood: 30 stories, carried by 10 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

● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual ● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kidal Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 163 stories ● Wichita US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 37 stories ● Wolf Creek Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Jaipur India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 26 stories ● Port Huron US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 13,052 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence26% 11,752 stories · about as usual Health19% 8,736 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 5,586 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 3,458 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,490 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,043 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 750 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 killed14,710 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests6,106 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,005 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,694 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting abductions1,102 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Pakistan and China Stories reporting refugees590 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Qatar and the US Stories reporting people displaced562 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations246 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and South Africa Stories reporting people falling ill36 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria

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?

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