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23,491 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), violence in Addis Ababa and people injured in Germany. Sri Lanka's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Italy →
Part of lifeRights & justice 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 59 in 100 of its 1,614 stories, usually 27
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

947 of its 1,614 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Riyadh accounted for 799 of Saudi Arabia's 947 stories about harm, carried by 773 outlets. 717 of Riyadh's 799 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (676 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Riyadh stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

319 of its 473 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Addis Ababa accounted for 180 of Ethiopia's 319 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (266 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Addis Ababa stories →
Disasters & accidents

Germany

393 of its 1,249 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (244 stories). Building collapse was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

108 of its 224 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

145 of its 155 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 82%. Managua accounted for 137 of Nicaragua's 145 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. 132 of Managua's 137 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Greece

98 of its 240 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 55 of Athens' 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

149 of its 200 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Koumaga accounted for 96 of Mali's 149 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

523 of its 631 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (126 stories). Natural hazards were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

South Korea

167 of its 512 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (143 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

66 of its 76 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Indonesia (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Australia (125 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Brazil (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Canada (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 23,491 stories about harm among 99,555 counted on 24 Jun.

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It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 13 May 2018. of the day's 99,555 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Refugees were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Italy. Mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual in Australia's news. In Saudi Arabia, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Indonesia, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua94 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 82 · mostly rights & justice Sudan87 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Syria83 in 100 of its 631 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Mali74 in 100 of its 200 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Libya69 in 100 of its 234 stories · usually 57 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Riyadh Saudi Arabia717 stories about protests or strikes, of its 799 Washington US201 stories about protests or strikes, of its 712 Managua Nicaragua132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137 Tampa US110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137 Greenwich Village US108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 205

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: 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 lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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: too little coverage to readIreland: 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 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: 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 lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: 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 lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 lessAustria: 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 readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: about as warm as its own usual or lessSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualLesotho: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualSuez Canal, Egypt -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsMount Pleasant, Jamaica -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsFlorida, US -- conflict & violence: 112 stories, carried by 235 outletsBroken Hill, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 106 stories, carried by 109 outletsIllinois, US -- other: 62 stories, carried by 62 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 33 stories, carried by 23 outletsIzmir, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 20 outletsBristol, UK -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 15 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

● Cuba warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Suez Canal Egypt about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Mount Pleasant Jamaica about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 14 stories ● Florida US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 112 stories ● Broken Hill Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 106 stories ● Illinois US about twice as warm as the day's news · other · 62 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice36% 8,371 stories · much more than usual (usually 31%) Conflict & violence19% 4,330 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents16% 3,706 stories · about as usual Health14% 3,208 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,283 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 1,131 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 754 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 318 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 killed5,975 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,418 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting people affected3,877 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting people injured2,572 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Zimbabwe Stories reporting refugees1,208 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting abductions279 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations265 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced192 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill23 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Brunei

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

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.