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41,076 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 Badme, a disaster in Escuintla and protests in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan). Guatemala's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTunisia 86 in 100 of its 170 stories, usually 50
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Eritrea

61 of its 91 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Badme accounted for 54 of Eritrea's 61 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Eritrea over 30 days → its stories → Badme stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

1,056 of its 1,134 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Escuintla accounted for 693 of Guatemala's 1,056 stories about harm, carried by 793 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories → Escuintla stories →
Protests & strikes

Kyrgyzstan

23 of its 49 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 17 of Bishkek's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kyrgyzstan over 30 days → its stories → Bishkek stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Tunisia

147 of its 170 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Tunis accounted for 97 of Tunisia's 147 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Morocco

72 of its 197 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 58 of Sidi Ali's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories).

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Health

Brazil

260 of its 709 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (125 stories). Outbreaks were named in 209 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with respiratory illness, dengue and rubella.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

201 of its 232 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Drownings were named in 67 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Hungary

46 of its 163 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (24 stories). Outbreaks were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

368 of its 472 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (69 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Brazil (209 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Côte d’Ivoire (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Yemen (67 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (58 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Chile (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 41,076 stories about harm among 230,523 counted on 6 Jun.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 10 November 2016. In Brazil's news, mentions of outbreaks ran more than ten times their usual. Eritrea stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 25%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 230,523 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guatemala93 in 100 of its 1,134 stories · usually 72 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen87 in 100 of its 232 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia86 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 50 · mostly disasters & accidents Nicaragua82 in 100 of its 140 stories · usually 79 · mostly rights & justice Congo80 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 86 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US317 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2033 Jerusalem Israel186 stories about protests or strikes, of its 408 Ramallah Palestine170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 181 Stanford US160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 489 Boston US149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 576

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'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: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: 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'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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 readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sPapua 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLesotho: 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 readJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 warm as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMongolia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry 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 warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMarshall Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMayotte: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Sweden about three times as fearful as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Eritrea about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 139 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 174 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 271 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 240 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 12,575 stories · about as usual Health23% 9,112 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents18% 7,062 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 5,249 stories · much less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,689 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,420 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,037 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 901 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 killed11,716 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Guatemala Stories reporting people affected5,897 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,730 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,586 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Guatemala Stories reporting evacuations899 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees786 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions460 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people displaced301 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iraq and the US Stories reporting people falling ill82 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US

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
● Griefabout as 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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