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42,227 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 a disaster in Abidjan, people affected in North Korea and protests in Managua (Nicaragua). Côte d’Ivoire's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria → Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Syria and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostEcuador 83 in 100 of its 102 stories, usually 24
RegionSoutheast Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Côte d’Ivoire

54 of its 75 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Abidjan accounted for 54 of Côte d’Ivoire's 54 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Côte d’Ivoire over 30 days → its stories → Abidjan stories →
Rights & justice

North Korea

158 of its 505 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Food poisoning was named in 71 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

193 of its 218 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 82%. Managua accounted for 160 of Nicaragua's 193 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. 114 of Managua's 160 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories → Managua stories →
Health

Gabon

27 of its 32 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Ebola was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Indonesia

288 of its 455 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (250 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 163 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Mali

79 of its 119 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Mopti accounted for 72 of Mali's 79 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Syria

43 of Manbij's 85 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (220 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Ecuador

85 of its 102 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Quito accounted for 80 of Ecuador's 85 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Displacement

Libya

204 of its 248 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tripoli accounted for 151 of Libya's 204 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (135 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

241 of its 335 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (163 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Burkina Faso (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Armenia (38 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); landslides in Japan (69 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); road crashes in Cambodia (11 of its stories, about three 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 19 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 42,227 stories about harm among 202,395 counted on 19 Jun.

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In Côte d’Ivoire, 72% of the news was about people being harmed, where 14% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 202,395 stories, as usual. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria. In Indonesia's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran about three times their usual. A year earlier, on 19 June 2017, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua89 in 100 of its 218 stories · usually 82 · mostly rights & justice Ecuador83 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 24 · mostly rights & justice Libya82 in 100 of its 248 stories · usually 52 · mostly displacement Yemen82 in 100 of its 566 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Congo80 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 79 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US762 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2684 Colorado Springs US221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 264 Jerusalem Israel203 stories about protests or strikes, of its 405 West Point US149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 150 Gaza Palestine148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186

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 lessVanuatu: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra 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: too little coverage to readRomania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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 lessOman: 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 lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: 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 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: 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: 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 lessIndonesia: 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 lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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 lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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 lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: 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 lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readGaza: 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 readEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualNicaragua: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTennessee, US -- conflict & violence: 50 stories, carried by 192 outletsNorth Carolina, US -- rights & justice: 110 stories, carried by 187 outletsGroningen, Netherlands -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsKunduz, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 37 stories, carried by 34 outletsPrince of Wales, Canada -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 10 stories, carried by 27 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 34 stories, carried by 147 outletsClacton, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 13 stories, carried by 19 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 86 stories, carried by 54 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

● Guatemala warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual ● Nicaragua warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Tennessee US about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 50 stories ● North Carolina US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 110 stories ● Groningen Netherlands about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Kunduz Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 37 stories ● Prince of Wales Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 14,279 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Health21% 8,542 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 6,318 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 5,844 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,752 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 1,922 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,238 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 631 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 killed11,367 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,936 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,684 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,083 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,786 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people displaced752 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions235 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting evacuations220 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people falling ill113 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 about as 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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