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43,186 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 news turned to road crashes in Lithuania, violence in Stockholm and protests in Managua (Nicaragua). Sweden's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLithuania 74 in 100 of its 132 stories, usually 15
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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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Disasters & accidents

Lithuania

98 of its 132 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Vilnius accounted for 84 of Lithuania's 98 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (27 stories). Road crashes were named in 91 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Lithuania over 30 days → its stories → Vilnius stories →
Conflict & violence

Sweden

324 of its 719 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Stockholm accounted for 269 of Sweden's 324 stories about harm, carried by 327 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (226 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Stockholm stories →
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

215 of its 239 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 80%. Managua accounted for 173 of Nicaragua's 215 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. 162 of Managua's 173 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories → Managua stories →
Rights & justice

El Salvador

24 of its 33 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Iraq

398 of its 583 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Baghdad accounted for 288 of Iraq's 398 stories about harm, carried by 201 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (247 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

943 of its 1,004 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Escuintla accounted for 514 of Guatemala's 943 stories about harm, carried by 725 outlets. Heavy rain was named in 68 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Jordan

139 of its 475 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 78 of Amman's 88 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories). Hunger was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Eritrea

29 of its 38 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Argentina

102 of its 331 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Norway

84 of its 299 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Somalia (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Jordan (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in France (21 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); heavy rain in Guatemala (68 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); house fires in New Zealand (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 43,186 stories about harm among 217,904 counted on 7 Jun.

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In Lithuania, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 15% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 217,904 stories, below the usual 21. Mentions of road crashes ran more than ten times their usual in Lithuania's news. On 7 June 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guatemala94 in 100 of its 1,004 stories · usually 77 · mostly disasters & accidents Nicaragua90 in 100 of its 239 stories · usually 80 · mostly rights & justice Mozambique88 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen83 in 100 of its 258 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Lithuania74 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 15 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US322 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1908 Guangzhou China284 stories about protests or strikes, of its 622 Managua Nicaragua162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173 Jerusalem Israel148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 370 Tijuana Mexico121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 133

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: 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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 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: 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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 lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIran: 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 readGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: too little coverage to readHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: 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: 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 lessAksai Chin: too little coverage to readGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern 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: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualYemen: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualAnchorage, US -- health: 33 stories, carried by 32 outletsMarshall County, US -- shelter & services: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsLjubljana, Slovenia -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 20 outletsGhazni, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsBadme, Eritrea -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 24 outletsLake Chad, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 31 stories, carried by 20 outletsBuhari, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 13 outletsDinka, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 10 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

● Congo warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Anchorage US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 33 stories ● Marshall County US about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 10 stories ● Ljubljana Slovenia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Ghazni Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Badme Eritrea about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 11,972 stories · about as usual Health22% 9,337 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents17% 7,369 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 6,167 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,870 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,721 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,590 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,223 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 killed12,626 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,598 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,884 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,094 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees1,001 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting evacuations623 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting abductions426 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people displaced311 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill121 at about the usual rate

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
● 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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