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40,772 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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Flooding in Colombia, protests in Beijing (China) and train derailment in Kashmir drew the news. Argentina's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK → Reports of people falling ill ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostColombia 88 in 100 of its 1,261 stories, usually 51
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 47 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Colombia

1,107 of its 1,261 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Guatape accounted for 792 of Colombia's 1,107 stories about harm, carried by 794 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (986 stories). Flooding was named in 279 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts and extreme cold.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Guatape stories →
Protests & strikes

China

1,578 of its 4,786 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 392 of Beijing's 600 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (71 stories). Heatwave was named in 54 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis.

China over 30 days → its stories → Beijing stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

149 of its 231 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Train derailment was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Argentina

76 of its 154 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

762 of its 1,059 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Bahawalpur accounted for 438 of Pakistan's 762 stories about harm, carried by 438 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (645 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Morocco

106 of its 161 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 25 of Rabat's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (46 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

439 of its 870 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Hurricane was named in 180 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Japan

1,100 of its 2,443 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Tokyo accounted for 782 of Japan's 1,100 stories about harm, carried by 646 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (869 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Chad

39 of its 71 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Displacement

Cyprus

85 of its 277 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (180 of its stories, about three times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Tanzania (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); ebola in Liberia (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); dengue in Sri Lanka (21 of its stories, about three times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 40,772 stories about harm among 182,846 counted on 26 Jun.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. of the day's 182,846 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Mexico's news mentioned the hurricane about three times as often as usual. Colombia's news was 88% about people being harmed, against a usual 51%. A year earlier, on 26 June 2016, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Colombia88 in 100 of its 1,261 stories · usually 51 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan76 in 100 of its 181 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice Iraq75 in 100 of its 669 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan72 in 100 of its 1,059 stories · usually 39 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria69 in 100 of its 523 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beijing China392 stories about protests or strikes, of its 600 Washington US216 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1753 London UK188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1326 Chicago US148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 408 San Francisco US115 stories about protests or strikes, of its 349

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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 lessQatar: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readFiji: 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 readDjibouti: 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 readCuba: 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 lessCongo: 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: 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 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 lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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 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 lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUK: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMongolia: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBrunei: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKerala, India -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsNorthern Ireland, UK -- conflict & violence: 359 stories, carried by 329 outletsDes Moines, US -- food & livelihood: 117 stories, carried by 106 outletsShenyang, China -- rights & justice: 105 stories, carried by 174 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 36 stories, carried by 15 outletsUlaanbaatar, Mongolia -- food & livelihood: 55 stories, carried by 55 outletsKishoreganj, Bangladesh -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 20 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 121 stories, carried by 87 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

● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cyprus warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Japan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kerala India about three times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Northern Ireland UK about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 359 stories ● Des Moines US about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 117 stories ● Shenyang China about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 105 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 36 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 10,993 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Health20% 7,978 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 7,723 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence17% 6,840 stories · much less than usual (usually 27%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 3,082 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,502 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,015 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 995 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 killed13,001 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,654 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Colombia Stories reporting arrests5,619 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,759 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting evacuations1,122 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees604 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions411 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting people displaced382 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Cyprus and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill323 at about 5 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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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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