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32,256 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 violence in Cairo, flooding in Japan and rights and justice in Bucharest. Egypt's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Japan and the UK → Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about Japan and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostJapan 75 in 100 of its 3,401 stories, usually 15
RegionEast Asia 48 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

244 of its 429 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Cairo accounted for 179 of Egypt's 244 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Outbreaks were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

2,534 of its 3,401 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Yokosuka accounted for 2,393 of Japan's 2,534 stories about harm, carried by 1,348 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,210 stories). Flooding was named in 1,833 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Japan over 30 days → its stories → Yokosuka stories →
Health

Vanuatu

31 of its 45 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Israel

761 of its 991 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jerusalem accounted for 623 of Israel's 761 stories about harm, carried by 278 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (498 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Germany

622 of its 1,318 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (432 stories). Natural hazards were named in 47 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

71 of its 129 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

169 of its 180 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

278 of its 397 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Gabon

17 of its 26 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. 16 of Libreville's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Greece (41 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hepatitis in Gibraltar (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Somalia (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Germany (47 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Nigeria (24 of its stories, about three times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 32,256 stories about harm among 126,477 counted on 17 Jun.

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Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Japan's news. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Japan and the UK. Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 126,477 stories, above the usual 23. A year earlier, on 17 June 2016, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali94 in 100 of its 180 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq78 in 100 of its 300 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Syria77 in 100 of its 731 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Israel77 in 100 of its 991 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Japan75 in 100 of its 3,401 stories · usually 15 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK1055 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2267 Ramsey County US396 stories about protests or strikes, of its 430 Rutherford County US244 stories about protests or strikes, of its 278 Washington US122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 784 Darjeeling India105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125

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: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: 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: 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 lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: 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 lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 lessPalestine: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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: 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 lessEgypt: 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 readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: 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 lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: 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 lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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: 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: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern 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 lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUkraine: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDjibouti: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualMiles City, US -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 22 outletsKhorasan, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsLisbon, Portugal -- rights & justice: 52 stories, carried by 50 outletsEvesham, UK -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsMilledgeville, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 72 stories, carried by 69 outletsBerlin, Germany -- conflict & violence: 315 stories, carried by 213 outletsAsmara, Eritrea -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 15 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

● Portugal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Syria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cyprus warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Miles City US about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 20 stories ● Khorasan Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Lisbon Portugal about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 52 stories ● Evesham UK about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories ● Milledgeville US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 72 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 7,808 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence24% 7,638 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents20% 6,376 stories · much more than usual (usually 14%) Health18% 5,583 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,961 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,073 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 890 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 427 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 killed11,249 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,724 at about twice the usual rate · most about Japan and the UK Stories reporting arrests4,380 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,900 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,237 at about 5 times the usual rate · most about Japan and the US Stories reporting refugees531 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and Spain Stories reporting people displaced478 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the Philippines Stories reporting abductions334 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill26 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than usual
● Feara little less than 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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