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47,225 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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Rights and justice in Mukalla, violence in Pulwama and people displaced in Bangui drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUganda 52 in 100 of its 447 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

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Rights & justice

Yemen

600 of its 634 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 82%. Mukalla accounted for 300 of Yemen's 600 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (285 stories). Measles was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Belgium

311 of its 660 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Brussels accounted for 300 of Belgium's 311 stories about harm, carried by 328 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (181 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (85 stories). Train derailment was named in 84 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cholera. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Hunger was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Food poisoning was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Suriname

27 of its 27 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories).

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Displacement

Uganda

233 of its 447 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (90 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Ethiopia (42 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Saudi Arabia (84 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Hungary (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Malawi (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); house fires in New Zealand (33 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 21 the day before
32 in 10019 in 10024 May31 May7 Jun14 Jun22 Jun24 May: 23 in 10025 May: 22 in 10026 May: 22 in 10027 May: 25 in 10028 May: 26 in 10029 May: 24 in 10030 May: 23 in 10031 May: 22 in 1001 Jun: 20 in 1002 Jun: 20 in 1003 Jun: 24 in 1004 Jun: 32 in 1005 Jun: 25 in 1006 Jun: 23 in 1007 Jun: 22 in 1008 Jun: 21 in 1009 Jun: 19 in 10010 Jun: 24 in 10011 Jun: 24 in 10012 Jun: 21 in 10013 Jun: 20 in 10014 Jun: 21 in 10015 Jun: 21 in 10016 Jun: 22 in 10017 Jun: 26 in 10018 Jun: 26 in 10019 Jun: 25 in 10020 Jun: 22 in 10021 Jun: 21 in 10022 Jun: 21 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 47,225 stories about harm among 225,767 counted on 22 Jun.

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Ethiopia's news mentioned the drought about 4 times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 225,767 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. In Yemen, 95% of the news was about people being harmed, where 82% is usual. On 22 June 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen95 in 100 of its 634 stories · usually 82 · mostly rights & justice Central African Republic90 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 77 · mostly displacement Somalia80 in 100 of its 427 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Congo73 in 100 of its 167 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan73 in 100 of its 1,189 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US451 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1898 London UK130 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1983 Mumbai India118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213 Cincinnati US108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 392 Riyadh Saudi Arabia101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 207

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: no storiesU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: near the world's share or lessCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIran: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: near the world's share or lessSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: no storiesAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: near the world's share or lessSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 95 in 100 of its 634 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Venezuela: 66 in 100 of its 457 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Uganda: 52 in 100 of its 447 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Türkiye: 40 in 100 of its 803 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Trinidad & Tobago: 40 in 100 of its 127 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Syria: 61 in 100 of its 827 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Switzerland: 28 in 100 of its 392 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Suriname: 100 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)South Sudan: 60 in 100 of its 139 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Sudan: 52 in 100 of its 89 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Sri Lanka: 32 in 100 of its 328 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Somalia: 80 in 100 of its 427 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Sierra Leone: 36 in 100 of its 89 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Saudi Arabia: 33 in 100 of its 954 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Portugal: 52 in 100 of its 395 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Philippines: 47 in 100 of its 1,979 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Pakistan: 38 in 100 of its 1,338 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)North Korea: 35 in 100 of its 618 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Nepal: 30 in 100 of its 158 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Morocco: 35 in 100 of its 138 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Mali: 58 in 100 of its 77 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Malawi: 39 in 100 of its 128 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Madagascar: 52 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Libya: 42 in 100 of its 91 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Liberia: 48 in 100 of its 140 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Israel: 28 in 100 of its 1,301 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 27 in 100 of its 640 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Iraq: 73 in 100 of its 1,539 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Indonesia: 36 in 100 of its 461 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Haiti: 45 in 100 of its 121 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Guatemala: 54 in 100 of its 293 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Germany: 29 in 100 of its 1,507 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Ethiopia: 36 in 100 of its 171 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Eritrea: 43 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)El Salvador: 65 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Egypt: 41 in 100 of its 640 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Dominican Republic: 41 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Greenland: 62 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Côte d’Ivoire: 41 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)DR Congo: 60 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Congo: 73 in 100 of its 167 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Colombia: 56 in 100 of its 317 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Central African Republic: 90 in 100 of its 204 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Cameroon: 40 in 100 of its 113 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Myanmar: 40 in 100 of its 77 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Burundi: 71 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Burkina Faso: 60 in 100 of its 45 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Bosnia: 59 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Benin: 38 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Belgium: 47 in 100 of its 660 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Bangladesh: 33 in 100 of its 431 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Albania: 52 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Afghanistan: 73 in 100 of its 1,189 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 68 in 100 of its 345 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 27 in 100 of its 640 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 27 in 100 of its 640 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 68 in 100 of its 345 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 68 in 100 of its 345 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 27 in 100 of its 640 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 68 in 100 of its 345 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 21 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Yemen 95 in 100 of its 634 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Central African Republic 90 in 100 of its 204 stories · mostly displacement ● Somalia 80 in 100 of its 427 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Iraq 73 in 100 of its 1,539 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Afghanistan 73 in 100 of its 1,189 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Kashmir 68 in 100 of its 345 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice24% 11,370 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 10,375 stories · much less than usual (usually 29%) Health20% 9,392 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents19% 8,824 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,414 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,491 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,382 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,173 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 killed13,770 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests6,345 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,522 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,254 at about half the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting people displaced1,035 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iraq and the Central African Republic Stories reporting refugees903 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions631 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations395 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill39 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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
● 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.