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25,823 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 violence in Bamako, people injured in Puerto Rico and protests in Jerusalem (Israel). Puerto Rico's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMali 92 in 100 of its 135 stories, usually 46
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 49 in 100 of its stories, usually 41
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Mali

124 of its 135 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Bamako accounted for 111 of Mali's 124 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Bamako stories →
Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

140 of its 198 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Storm surge was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Puerto Rico over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

1,136 of its 1,675 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Jerusalem accounted for 553 of Israel's 1,136 stories about harm, carried by 383 outlets. 384 of Jerusalem's 553 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Malaysia

203 of its 649 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (130 stories). Road crashes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

134 of its 161 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (84 stories). Power cuts were named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 5 times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

69 of its 88 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Mogadishu accounted for 45 of Somalia's 69 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

132 of its 190 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Argentina

48 of its 127 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 34 of Buenos Aires' 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

177 of its 423 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 95 of Cairo's 147 stories were about protests or strikes. 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: poisoning in Guyana (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Denmark (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Cuba (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Austria (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Switzerland (10 of its stories, about 5 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 2 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 25,823 stories about harm among 122,866 counted on 2 Jun.

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Guyana's news mentioned poisoning more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 122,866 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mali stood out: 92% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 46%. On 2 June 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali92 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua84 in 100 of its 215 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen83 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Syria80 in 100 of its 420 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Libya80 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel384 stories about protests or strikes, of its 553 Washington US147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 745 Hebron Palestine140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 198 Gaza Palestine123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 343 Managua Nicaragua109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: feelings about like the world'sSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about 5 times as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Yemen about 5 times as angry as the world's · 134 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 94 stories about harm ● Nicaragua about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 180 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 180 stories about harm ● Puerto Rico about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 140 stories about harm ● Syria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 336 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 7,928 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 4,700 stories · about as usual Health18% 4,615 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 4,400 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,646 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,008 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 621 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 529 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 killed8,023 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,195 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,942 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,520 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations367 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba Stories reporting refugees264 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting abductions261 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced129 at about half the usual rate · most about Yemen and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill106 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Congo

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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