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50,423 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 protests in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), volcanic eruption in Guatemala and violence in Mogadishu. Somalia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBurkina Faso 89 in 100 of its 89 stories, usually 15
RegionEast Asia 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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 →
Protests & strikes

Burkina Faso

79 of its 89 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Ouagadougou accounted for 78 of Burkina Faso's 79 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. 77 of Ouagadougou's 78 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Ouagadougou stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

208 of its 321 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. San Marcos accounted for 168 of Guatemala's 208 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (129 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 120 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories → San Marcos stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

993 of its 1,153 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Mogadishu accounted for 949 of Somalia's 993 stories about harm, carried by 598 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Rights & justice

Burundi

63 of its 71 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Burundi over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Türkiye

781 of its 1,354 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. 154 of Ankara's 226 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (495 stories). Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Hungary

135 of its 277 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 93 of Budapest's 102 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Czechia

102 of its 274 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 74 of Prague's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cuba

181 of its 491 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 36 of Havana's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (98 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Qatar

608 of its 1,183 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Doha accounted for 390 of Qatar's 608 stories about harm, carried by 340 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

552 of its 2,375 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (116 stories). Earthquake was named in 171 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Japan (171 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Jordan (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Kazakhstan (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Mexico (48 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); accidents in Chile (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 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 15 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 50,423 stories about harm among 245,117 counted on 15 Jun.

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In Burkina Faso, 89% of the news was about people being harmed, where 15% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 245,117 stories, below the usual 23. Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate. In Guatemala's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran about 4 times their usual. On 15 June 2016, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso89 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 15 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi89 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 57 · mostly rights & justice Somalia86 in 100 of its 1,153 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen85 in 100 of its 281 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Niger80 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 67 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US535 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2074 London UK453 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3863 Istanbul Türkiye180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 207 Moscow Russia160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 401 Ankara Türkiye154 stories about protests or strikes, of its 226

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 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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: 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: 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: 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 lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: 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 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 lessLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: 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 readKazakhstan: 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: too little coverage to readIsrael: too little coverage to readPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: 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 lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-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: 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 lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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 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 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 lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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 lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 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): 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 lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readAzad 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: 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRomania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualHodeida, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 57 stories, carried by 56 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsDarfur, Sudan -- displacement: 33 stories, carried by 30 outletsFranklin County, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 20 outletsCanberra, Australia -- displacement: 138 stories, carried by 141 outletsNorth Bend, US -- other: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsChhattisgarh, India -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsVienna, Austria -- conflict & violence: 12 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

● Romania warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual ● Burkina Faso warmth about one and a half times usual ● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Hodeida Yemen about 4 times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 57 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Darfur Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 33 stories ● Franklin County US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Canberra Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 138 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 12,987 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 10,423 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Health20% 9,827 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 8,073 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,325 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,828 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,553 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,512 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 killed17,922 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,943 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,868 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,855 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees914 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions764 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations624 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people displaced497 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill158 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq

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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