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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

how these are picked →
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

usually 21; 19 the day before
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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.

Where the news was warmest

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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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: 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 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 lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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 lessSweden: 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 lessSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: 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 lessIsrael: 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 lessIndia: 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 lessGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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 readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral 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 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: 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 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 lessAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readUganda: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualToppenish, US -- food & livelihood: 26 stories, carried by 29 outletsVienna, Austria -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsChattanooga, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsParis, France -- shelter & services: 67 stories, carried by 34 outletsKamnik, Slovenia -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsBerlin, Germany -- conflict & violence: 94 stories, carried by 96 outletsPerth, Australia -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 13 outletsPyongyang, North Korea -- rights & justice: 71 stories, carried by 65 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

● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Toppenish US about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 26 stories ● Vienna Austria about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Chattanooga US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Paris France about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 67 stories ● Kamnik Slovenia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.