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53,021 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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A disaster in Rangamati, deaths in Dirkou and violence in Mogadishu drew the news. Bangladesh's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuatemala 87 in 100 of its 355 stories, usually 34
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

652 of its 978 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Rangamati accounted for 440 of Bangladesh's 652 stories about harm, carried by 347 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (28 stories). Drownings were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Rangamati stories →
Rights & justice

Niger

160 of its 179 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Dirkou accounted for 96 of Niger's 160 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Drownings were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Dirkou stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

629 of its 699 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Mogadishu accounted for 537 of Somalia's 629 stories about harm, carried by 293 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (250 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Qatar

625 of its 1,285 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Doha accounted for 517 of Qatar's 625 stories about harm, carried by 348 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Kenya

293 of its 797 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories). Building collapse was named in 112 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

310 of its 355 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (69 stories). Tsunami was named in 138 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption.

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Rights & justice

Argentina

96 of its 223 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Austria

73 of its 198 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

79 of its 134 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Belgium (140 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Uganda (91 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Guatemala (138 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Armenia (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Kenya (112 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 53,021 stories about harm among 248,994 counted on 14 Jun.

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Mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual in Belgium's news. of the day's 248,994 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. Bangladesh stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 40%. On 14 June 2016, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia90 in 100 of its 699 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Niger89 in 100 of its 179 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Guatemala87 in 100 of its 355 stories · usually 34 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen85 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 81 · mostly health Papua New Guinea70 in 100 of its 327 stories · usually 37 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK416 stories about protests or strikes, of its 4880 Washington US366 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2068 Moscow Russia206 stories about protests or strikes, of its 439 Cairo Egypt149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186 Boston US116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 595

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsle of Man: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLatvia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMarshall Islands: coverage a little angrier than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Bangladesh about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 652 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as angry as the world's · 629 stories about harm ● Finland about twice as fearful as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Belgium about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 166 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 193 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 322 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice24% 12,749 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence20% 10,524 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Health20% 10,393 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 9,145 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,564 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 2,419 stories · more than usual (usually 2%) Shelter & services3% 1,717 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,583 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 killed18,219 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,277 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,263 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,794 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,286 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Papua New Guinea and Palestine Stories reporting abductions911 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations651 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people displaced558 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill122 at about the usual rate

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.

● Angera little less than 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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