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What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
40,445 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Caracas (Venezuela), rights and justice in Darfur and illness in Yuai. South Sudan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNicaragua 73 in 100 of its 157 stories, usually 16
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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 →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

513 of its 651 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Caracas accounted for 437 of Venezuela's 513 stories about harm, carried by 318 outlets. 383 of Caracas' 437 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (189 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Rights & justice

Sudan

231 of its 273 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Darfur accounted for 178 of Sudan's 231 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (98 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Health

South Sudan

120 of its 157 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Yuai accounted for 82 of South Sudan's 120 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Yuai stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nicaragua

114 of its 157 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Earthquake was named in 112 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.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Vietnam

173 of its 461 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 104 of Hanoi's 113 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (78 stories). Accidents were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

406 of its 737 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 143 of Ramallah's 234 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (179 stories). Road crashes were named in 50 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Suriname

32 of its 42 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Paramaribo accounted for 32 of Suriname's 32 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 29 of Paramaribo's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Lebanon

62 of its 162 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 20 of Bisri's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Earthquake was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with respiratory illness.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

186 of its 477 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 37 of Wan Chai's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (112 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

79 of its 129 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Somalia (77 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); bird flu in Namibia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (27 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Lebanon (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Greece (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 40,445 stories about harm among 188,710 counted on 29 Jun.

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Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 188,710 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. Nicaragua's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Venezuela. In Venezuela, 79% of the news was about people being harmed, where 61% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan85 in 100 of its 273 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Venezuela79 in 100 of its 651 stories · usually 61 · mostly rights & justice South Sudan76 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 55 · mostly health Somalia75 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 75 · mostly health Yemen74 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 80 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Caracas Venezuela383 stories about protests or strikes, of its 437 Washington US335 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2161 Beijing China240 stories about protests or strikes, of its 377 Ramallah Palestine143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 234 Delhi India120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 438

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 lessVenezuela: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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 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 lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: 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: 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: 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 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 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 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 lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: 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 lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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 lessEgypt: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChile: 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: 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: 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 lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: 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 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 lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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 readVietnam: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNicaragua: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about twice its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPathankot, India -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 21 outletsDhaka, Bangladesh -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 111 stories, carried by 94 outletsNorth Dakota, US -- rights & justice: 36 stories, carried by 45 outletsWest Virginia, US -- health: 23 stories, carried by 36 outletsHanoi, Vietnam -- rights & justice: 113 stories, carried by 117 outletsGolan Heights, Syria -- conflict & violence: 51 stories, carried by 53 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- health: 13 stories, carried by 11 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 twice usual ● Myanmar warmth about one and a half times usual ● Vietnam warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● North Korea warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Pathankot India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● Dhaka Bangladesh about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 111 stories ● North Dakota US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 36 stories ● West Virginia US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories ● Hanoi Vietnam about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 113 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 11,883 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Health21% 8,360 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence19% 7,495 stories · much less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents16% 6,162 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,390 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,214 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,171 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 959 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 killed11,310 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected5,829 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,598 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,648 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees851 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations784 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced480 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions326 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill32 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Denmark

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.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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