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39,610 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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Protests in Hayfa (Saudi Arabia), violence in Derna and rights and justice in Kamnik drew the news. Libya's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostMaldives 81 in 100 of its 155 stories, usually 18
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

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Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

180 of its 333 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 52 of Hayfa's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (47 stories). Hunger was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Hayfa stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

192 of its 223 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Derna accounted for 117 of Libya's 192 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (149 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Derna stories →
Health

Gambia

71 of its 145 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). HIV was named in 62 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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

Venezuela

187 of its 356 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Caracas accounted for 152 of Venezuela's 187 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. 142 of Caracas' 152 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (150 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Maldives

126 of its 155 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (106 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Hungary

56 of its 166 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Landslides were named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

110 of its 129 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Mogadishu accounted for 88 of Somalia's 110 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Georgia

22 of its 52 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 16 of Tbilisi's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

158 of its 257 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Hungary (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (73 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in Latvia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Switzerland (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Nepal (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 20 the day before
24 in 10019 in 1003 May10 May17 May24 May1 Jun3 May: 20 in 1004 May: 20 in 1005 May: 23 in 1006 May: 24 in 1007 May: 22 in 1008 May: 20 in 1009 May: 20 in 10010 May: 21 in 10011 May: 20 in 10012 May: 22 in 10013 May: 24 in 10014 May: 22 in 10015 May: 22 in 10016 May: 20 in 10017 May: 21 in 10018 May: 22 in 10019 May: 23 in 10020 May: 23 in 10021 May: 21 in 10022 May: 20 in 10023 May: 19 in 10024 May: 20 in 10025 May: 21 in 10026 May: 22 in 10027 May: 22 in 10028 May: 23 in 10029 May: 23 in 10030 May: 21 in 10031 May: 20 in 1001 Jun: 19 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 39,610 stories about harm among 211,120 counted on 1 Jun.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 4 December 2017. Saudi Arabia stood out: 54% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 29%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 211,120 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. On 1 June 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 today. Over May, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 in May 2017.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya86 in 100 of its 223 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia85 in 100 of its 129 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Maldives81 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 18 · mostly conflict & violence Congo75 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 86 · mostly health Yemen73 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1625 Gaza Palestine180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 292 Caracas Venezuela142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152 Jerusalem Israel136 stories about protests or strikes, of its 429 Bethlehem Palestine126 stories about protests or strikes, of its 212

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: no storiesThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: no storiesPakistan: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: near the world's share or lessPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: near the world's share or lessMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: near the world's share or lessGibraltar: near the world's share or lessYemen: 73 in 100 of its 70 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Venezuela: 53 in 100 of its 356 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Vanuatu: 45 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)U.S. Virgin Islands: 53 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Puerto Rico: 70 in 100 of its 316 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Cayman Islands: 41 in 100 of its 69 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ukraine: 43 in 100 of its 337 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Uganda: 36 in 100 of its 283 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Tunisia: 36 in 100 of its 45 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Trinidad & Tobago: 41 in 100 of its 69 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Syria: 61 in 100 of its 329 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)South Sudan: 40 in 100 of its 62 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Sudan: 41 in 100 of its 105 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Somalia: 85 in 100 of its 129 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Slovenia: 56 in 100 of its 193 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Senegal: 31 in 100 of its 39 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Saudi Arabia: 54 in 100 of its 333 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Philippines: 32 in 100 of its 889 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Niger: 64 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Nicaragua: 70 in 100 of its 273 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Nepal: 34 in 100 of its 232 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Mauritania: 45 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Mali: 46 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Malaysia: 26 in 100 of its 1,038 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Madagascar: 42 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Lithuania: 45 in 100 of its 53 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Libya: 86 in 100 of its 223 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kenya: 29 in 100 of its 518 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Jordan: 31 in 100 of its 255 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Jamaica: 27 in 100 of its 296 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Israel: 48 in 100 of its 2,077 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 51 in 100 of its 1,139 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Iraq: 47 in 100 of its 153 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Iran: 26 in 100 of its 332 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Indonesia: 58 in 100 of its 401 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Hungary: 34 in 100 of its 166 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Honduras: 44 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Guyana: 29 in 100 of its 73 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Guatemala: 47 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Grenada: 39 in 100 of its 36 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Georgia: 42 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Gambia: 49 in 100 of its 145 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ethiopia: 33 in 100 of its 126 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Equatorial Guinea: 37 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)El Salvador: 42 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Egypt: 29 in 100 of its 261 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Denmark: 40 in 100 of its 292 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)DR Congo: 44 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Congo: 75 in 100 of its 93 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Central African Republic: 59 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Cameroon: 48 in 100 of its 84 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Cambodia: 39 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Myanmar: 38 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Belgium: 32 in 100 of its 258 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Bangladesh: 54 in 100 of its 373 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Albania: 40 in 100 of its 75 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Afghanistan: 41 in 100 of its 226 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 61 in 100 of its 257 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 51 in 100 of its 1,139 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 51 in 100 of its 1,139 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 61 in 100 of its 257 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 61 in 100 of its 257 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ukraine: 43 in 100 of its 337 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 51 in 100 of its 1,139 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 61 in 100 of its 257 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Maldives: 81 in 100 of its 155 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Mayotte: 100 in 100 of its 4 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 19 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Libya 86 in 100 of its 223 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Somalia 85 in 100 of its 129 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Maldives 81 in 100 of its 155 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Puerto Rico 70 in 100 of its 316 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Nicaragua 70 in 100 of its 273 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Syria 61 in 100 of its 329 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 12,637 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Health22% 8,689 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents17% 6,487 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 5,092 stories · much less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,380 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 1,389 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,355 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 816 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 killed10,921 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests5,484 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,245 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,015 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions655 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees484 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting evacuations290 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people displaced233 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Cameroon Stories reporting people falling ill170 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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.

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