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45,517 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 drownings in Botswana, arrests in North Korea and people displaced in Kampala. Botswana's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBotswana 63 in 100 of its 299 stories, usually 17
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 52 in 100 of its stories, usually 46
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Botswana

189 of its 299 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Gaborone accounted for 129 of Botswana's 189 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Drownings were named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Botswana over 30 days → its stories → Gaborone stories →
Rights & justice

North Korea

601 of its 984 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (266 stories). Accidents were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Uganda

302 of its 503 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kampala accounted for 207 of Uganda's 302 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (253 stories). Hunger was named in 98 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Disasters & accidents

Peru

138 of its 266 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (66 stories). Train derailment was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Venezuela

262 of its 383 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Caracas accounted for 221 of Venezuela's 262 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. 207 of Caracas' 221 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

1,267 of its 1,970 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (847 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bolivia

53 of its 76 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Tiwanaku accounted for 49 of Bolivia's 53 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. 47 of Tiwanaku's 49 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Cambodia

181 of its 281 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Cyprus

51 of its 111 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Qatar

1,176 of its 1,913 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Doha accounted for 968 of Qatar's 1,176 stories about harm, carried by 618 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Kenya (92 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Vietnam (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Mali (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Portugal (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Switzerland (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

22 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 23 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 45,517 stories about harm among 211,129 counted on 23 Jun.

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Botswana's news was 63% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. of the day's 211,129 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. Uganda's news mentioned the hunger about 8 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 23 June 2016, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq76 in 100 of its 874 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen76 in 100 of its 449 stories · usually 83 · mostly rights & justice Congo74 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 70 · mostly rights & justice Bolivia70 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 24 · mostly food & livelihood Venezuela68 in 100 of its 383 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US309 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1812 Caracas Venezuela207 stories about protests or strikes, of its 221 Tehran Iran159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 214 Philadelphia US132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 293 Jerusalem Israel109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 171

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 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: too little coverage to readSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: 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: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: too little coverage to readNorth 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 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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 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 lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIceland: 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 lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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 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 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBotswana: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualMecca, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 73 stories, carried by 64 outletsKyoto, Japan -- disasters & accidents: 24 stories, carried by 21 outletsMaroda, India -- shelter & services: 112 stories, carried by 160 outletsHamburg, Germany -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 19 outletsNebraska, US -- shelter & services: 70 stories, carried by 66 outletsLos Alamos, US -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsPort-au-Prince, Haiti -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsAccra, Ghana -- rights & justice: 62 stories, carried by 40 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

● Botswana warmth about one and a half times usual ● Myanmar warmth about one and a half times usual ● Saudi Arabia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ghana warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Mecca Saudi Arabia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 73 stories ● Kyoto Japan about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 24 stories ● Maroda India about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 112 stories ● Hamburg Germany about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories ● Nebraska US about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 70 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 12,010 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence23% 10,178 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Health18% 8,040 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 7,452 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,843 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,600 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,523 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,001 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 killed13,930 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,175 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,820 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,182 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees943 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Uganda and the US Stories reporting evacuations813 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions613 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced533 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill98 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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.

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