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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.

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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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 lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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 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: 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 lessQatar: 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 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 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 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 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: too little coverage to readEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: 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 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 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: 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 readUkraine: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualVatican City: warmth about its own usualAtoka, US -- conflict & violence: 53 stories, carried by 53 outletsCorpus Christi, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 17 outletsDarfur, Sudan -- displacement: 65 stories, carried by 60 outletsChibok, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 18 outletsLu Kang, China -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 26 outletsBerlin, Germany -- conflict & violence: 80 stories, carried by 76 outletsScunthorpe, UK -- health: 11 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

● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Finland warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Atoka US about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 53 stories ● Corpus Christi US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Darfur Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 65 stories ● Chibok Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Lu Kang China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories

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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