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What the world's news said happened to people.
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43,109 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 news turned to protests in Sanaa (Yemen), violence in Caracas and people killed in Sweden. Yemen's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and China → Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSweden 53 in 100 of its 548 stories, usually 20
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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 →
Protests & strikes

Yemen

150 of its 165 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 80%. Sanaa accounted for 91 of Yemen's 150 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. 74 of Sanaa's 91 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Conflict & violence

Venezuela

1,001 of its 1,223 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Caracas accounted for 529 of Venezuela's 1,001 stories about harm, carried by 502 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (384 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Health

Sweden

291 of its 548 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Suriname

40 of its 46 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Paramaribo accounted for 39 of Suriname's 40 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 28 of Paramaribo's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (39 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

174 of its 226 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. 64 of Darfur's 95 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (84 stories). Road crashes were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Palestine

312 of its 568 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Ramallah accounted for 254 of Palestine's 312 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. 136 of Ramallah's 254 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (122 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

98 of its 137 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. 35 of Taang's 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Greece

128 of its 523 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 90 of Athens' 113 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Heatwave was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

421 of its 690 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: accidents in Ukraine (226 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Latvia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Italy (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Netherlands (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Somalia (15 of its stories, about three 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 28 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 43,109 stories about harm among 199,595 counted on 28 Jun.

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Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 22 in every 100 of the day's 199,595 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. In Latvia's news, mentions of wildfires ran more than ten times their usual. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and China. A year earlier, on 28 June 2016, 20 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 →

Yemen91 in 100 of its 165 stories · usually 80 · mostly health Niger90 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 69 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Venezuela82 in 100 of its 1,223 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan77 in 100 of its 226 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice Libya72 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US248 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1710 Caracas Venezuela224 stories about protests or strikes, of its 529 Ganzhou China196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 201 Beijing China189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 544 Raqqa Syria167 stories about protests or strikes, of its 320

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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 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: 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 lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readPalestine: 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 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readHong 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: too little coverage to readBurundi: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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 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: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualVanuatu: warmth about its own usualU.S. Virgin Islands: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPanama: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about 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 usualMewat, India -- shelter & services: 26 stories, carried by 25 outletsNew Jersey, US -- rights & justice: 31 stories, carried by 32 outletsPathankot, India -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 22 outletsMesetas, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 53 stories, carried by 55 outletsBogota, Colombia -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsAlaska, US -- disasters & accidents: 37 stories, carried by 43 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 46 stories, carried by 29 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- health: 12 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

● Liberia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Panama warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● U.S. Virgin Islands warmth about one and a half times usual ● Myanmar warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Mewat India about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 26 stories ● New Jersey US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 31 stories ● Pathankot India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories ● Mesetas Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 53 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 11,777 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Health21% 9,062 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence20% 8,303 stories · much less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents15% 6,440 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 3,187 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,362 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,283 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 767 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 killed12,481 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests5,906 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,626 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,884 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Venezuela Stories reporting evacuations1,563 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting refugees564 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting abductions411 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced341 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Colombia and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill73 at about the usual rate

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.