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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

how these are picked →
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 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 lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: 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 lessNigeria: 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 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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 readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: 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: too little coverage to readDR Congo: 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 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 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: 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: 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: 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 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 lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKnox County, US -- health: 43 stories, carried by 78 outletsLos Alamos, Mexico -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 28 outletsGrays Harbor, US -- disasters & accidents: 19 stories, carried by 19 outletsBlack Cat Creek, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsSokoto, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsTulum, Mexico -- health: 18 stories, carried by 24 outletsPort-au-Prince, Haiti -- health: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsGorkha, Nepal -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 12 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

● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual ● Myanmar warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Knox County US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 43 stories ● Los Alamos Mexico about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Grays Harbor US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 19 stories ● Black Cat Creek Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Sokoto Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 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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