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28,093 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 Ljubljana, protests in Warsaw (Poland) and food poisoning in Chile. Chile's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Germany and Greece → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSlovenia 85 in 100 of its 134 stories, usually 9
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 49 in 100 of its stories, usually 45
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Slovenia

114 of its 134 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Ljubljana accounted for 110 of Slovenia's 114 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Slovenia over 30 days → its stories → Ljubljana stories →
Protests & strikes

Poland

98 of its 201 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 86 of Warsaw's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (86 stories). Plane crash was named in 84 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Poland over 30 days → its stories → Warsaw stories →
Health

Chile

49 of its 100 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Food poisoning was named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Chile over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Greece

142 of its 315 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Landslides were named in 63 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Jordan

147 of its 233 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Amman accounted for 113 of Jordan's 147 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (133 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

472 of its 789 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tehran accounted for 390 of Iran's 472 stories about harm, carried by 263 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (279 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

China

27 of Shanghai's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Cyclone was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon, plane crash and heavy rain. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Monaco

29 of its 62 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Qatar

1,006 of its 1,791 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (232 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Germany

272 of its 713 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (136 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Switzerland (97 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Ethiopia (33 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hypothermia in Papua New Guinea (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Taiwan (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Sri Lanka (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 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 11 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 28,093 stories about harm among 117,374 counted on 11 Jun.

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Slovenia's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 9%. of the day's 117,374 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual in Poland's news. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Germany and Greece. This week the news turned most often to Myanmar, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 5 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo87 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 81 · mostly rights & justice Slovenia85 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 9 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia82 in 100 of its 326 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Syria79 in 100 of its 535 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan74 in 100 of its 584 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US385 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1136 Sun City US164 stories about protests or strikes, of its 370 Orlando US152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 419 Mandsaur India129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 162 Tripoli Libya122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 360

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: 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: too little coverage to readU.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 Kingdom: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: too little coverage to readSomalia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: 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 lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMonaco: warmth about its own usualWalla Walla, US -- health: 148 stories, carried by 158 outletsMonte Carlo, Monaco -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 52 outletsDarfur, Sudan -- displacement: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsSantiago, Chile -- health: 47 stories, carried by 47 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 23 stories, carried by 16 outletsHenin-Beaumont, France -- conflict & violence: 118 stories, carried by 145 outletsMexico City, Mexico -- displacement: 16 stories, carried by 17 outletsVirginia, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 18 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

● Chile warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Walla Walla US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 148 stories ● Monte Carlo Monaco about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 24 stories ● Darfur Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 13 stories ● Santiago Chile about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 47 stories ● Dubai United Arab Emirates about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence31% 8,713 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Rights & justice25% 6,839 stories · about as usual Health18% 4,854 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 3,775 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,591 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 844 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 726 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 369 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 killed10,149 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,271 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,958 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,923 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions654 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Qatar and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations481 at about twice the usual rate · most about Germany and Greece Stories reporting refugees429 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced295 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Philippines and Greece Stories reporting people falling ill22 at about half the usual rate · most about the UK and the US

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 softer than 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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