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43,493 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 illness in Morobe, a disaster in Panama City and violence in Badme. Panama's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPapua New Guinea 76 in 100 of its 143 stories, usually 30
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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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Health

Papua New Guinea

108 of its 143 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Morobe accounted for 81 of Papua New Guinea's 108 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (39 stories). Outbreaks were named in 93 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.

Papua New Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Morobe stories →
Disasters & accidents

Panama

93 of its 174 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Panama City accounted for 92 of Panama's 93 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Panama over 30 days → its stories → Panama City stories →
Conflict & violence

Eritrea

158 of its 190 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Badme accounted for 120 of Eritrea's 158 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (141 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Eritrea over 30 days → its stories → Badme stories →
Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

295 of its 623 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (200 stories). Malaria was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Mali

134 of its 170 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Bamako accounted for 86 of Mali's 134 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

437 of its 1,151 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 316 of Tehran's 368 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (271 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

164 of its 223 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Khartoum accounted for 103 of Sudan's 164 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

104 of its 138 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Unity State accounted for 78 of South Sudan's 104 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

185 of its 570 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (140 stories). Landslides were named in 139 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and drownings. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Austria

152 of its 531 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (86 stories). Train derailment was named in 95 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Vietnam (139 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in El Salvador (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Austria (95 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Guatemala (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Nepal (14 of its stories, about 9 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 26 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 43,493 stories about harm among 205,367 counted on 26 Jun.

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Vietnam's news mentioned landslides more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 205,367 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Papua New Guinea, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual. A year earlier, on 26 June 2017, 22 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 →

El Salvador90 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 43 · mostly disasters & accidents Eritrea83 in 100 of its 190 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen79 in 100 of its 383 stories · usually 75 · mostly rights & justice Mali79 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea76 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 30 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US563 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2146 Tehran Iran316 stories about protests or strikes, of its 368 Delhi India171 stories about protests or strikes, of its 541 Long Beach US157 stories about protests or strikes, of its 920 El Paso US139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 406

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vanuatu: 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'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: 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'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: feelings about like the world'sSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMoldova: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIceland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBhutan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMaldives: 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

● Bosnia few stories about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● South Sudan about twice as warm as the world's · 104 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 631 stories about harm ● Eritrea about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 158 stories about harm ● Panama about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 93 stories about harm ● France about twice as fearful as the world's · 253 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 14,426 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Health21% 9,120 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 6,858 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 5,604 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,323 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 1,926 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,580 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 727 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 killed10,946 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,997 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,471 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,543 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees1,230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations700 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced615 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and South Sudan Stories reporting abductions355 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Colombia Stories reporting people falling ill142 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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.

● 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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