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46,883 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 illness in Baghdad, building collapse in Kenya and violence in Stockholm. Iraq's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iraq and the US → Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Iraq and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMaldives 84 in 100 of its 186 stories, usually 29
RegionEvery region about as usual
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 →
Health

Iraq

706 of its 883 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Baghdad accounted for 354 of Iraq's 706 stories about harm, carried by 316 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (254 stories). Poisoning was named in 422 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kenya

464 of its 939 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Nairobi accounted for 390 of Kenya's 464 stories about harm, carried by 314 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Building collapse was named in 163 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Conflict & violence

Sweden

254 of its 553 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Stockholm accounted for 223 of Sweden's 254 stories about harm, carried by 218 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (175 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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

Qatar

794 of its 1,678 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Poisoning was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Maldives

156 of its 186 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (111 stories). Measles was named in 153 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with rubella.

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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

639 of its 936 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (541 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

122 of its 287 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Russia

1,344 of its 5,706 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 557 of Moscow's 924 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (566 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Romania

50 of Bucharest's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: measles in Maldives (153 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (156 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in Hong Kong (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (53 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tuberculosis in Peru (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 46,883 stories about harm among 235,356 counted on 13 Jun.

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The Maldives' news mentioned measles more than ten times as often as usual. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iraq and the US. On 13 June 2016, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 20 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 235,356 stories, below the usual 23.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Maldives84 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 29 · mostly health Iraq80 in 100 of its 883 stories · usually 67 · mostly health Yemen77 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 81 · mostly health Syria74 in 100 of its 613 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 599 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia557 stories about protests or strikes, of its 924 San Francisco US221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 499 Orlando US192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 463 Mandsaur India181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 202 Washington US175 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1590

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 lessSomalia: 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 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: 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 lessRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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 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 readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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 lessMexico: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: 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 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 lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: 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: too little coverage to readIceland: 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 lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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 readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: 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 lessWestern 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBurundi: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBalaka, Central African Republic -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsHalla-Aho, Finland -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 16 outletsWest Memphis, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 135 stories, carried by 230 outletsBoise, US -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 10 outletsBangui, Central African Republic -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 19 outletsLu Kang, China -- shelter & services: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsBuderim, Australia -- health: 28 stories, carried by 31 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 21 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

● Central African Republic warmth about one and a half times usual ● Romania warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Burundi warmth about one and a half times usual ● Myanmar warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Balaka Central African Republic about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Halla-Aho Finland about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 25 stories ● West Memphis US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 135 stories ● Boise US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Bangui Central African Republic about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 12,691 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 9,917 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Health21% 9,478 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 6,522 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,124 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,500 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,446 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,299 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 killed14,234 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests6,954 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,059 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,714 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting refugees1,141 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting people displaced1,011 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iraq and the US Stories reporting abductions411 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill402 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about Iraq and the US Stories reporting evacuations344 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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
● Griefa little less than 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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