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What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
43,283 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 a disaster in Nairobi, people displaced in Arsal and people killed in Zimbabwe. Kenya's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEcuador 69 in 100 of its 155 stories, usually 28
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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

Kenya

588 of its 1,085 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Nairobi accounted for 428 of Kenya's 588 stories about harm, carried by 483 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (334 stories). Flu was named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with overdoses. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Displacement

Lebanon

262 of its 375 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Arsal accounted for 224 of Lebanon's 262 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Arsal stories →
Conflict & violence

Zimbabwe

214 of its 522 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Cuba

136 of its 226 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Havana accounted for 120 of Cuba's 136 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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

Ecuador

107 of its 155 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Quito accounted for 98 of Ecuador's 107 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (96 stories).

its stories →
Displacement

Malta

242 of its 454 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Valletta accounted for 222 of Malta's 242 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (186 stories).

its stories →
Shelter & services

North Korea

168 of its 548 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (131 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Morocco

56 of its 187 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 20 of Rabat's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Cambodia

104 of its 163 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (41 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Syria

622 of its 773 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. 128 of Golan Heights' 218 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Papua New Guinea (25 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Vietnam (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Greece (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Kashmir (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Uganda (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 43,283 stories about harm among 212,814 counted on 28 Jun.

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On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 212,814 stories, as usual. Mentions of outbreaks ran about three times their usual in Papua New Guinea's news. In Kenya, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. On 28 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 →

Yemen82 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Syria80 in 100 of its 773 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan73 in 100 of its 212 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Congo72 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 63 · mostly health Lebanon70 in 100 of its 375 stories · usually 35 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US587 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2313 Chicago US219 stories about protests or strikes, of its 914 Charlottesville US198 stories about protests or strikes, of its 256 Portland US169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 198 Tacoma US143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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 lessLiberia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: 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 lessJamaica: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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 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 lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican 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 lessCuba: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCroatia: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBarbados: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualArmidale, Australia -- health: 110 stories, carried by 107 outletsSouth Bend, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsKisan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsAlbertville, US -- health: 58 stories, carried by 58 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 86 stories, carried by 69 outletsKatha, India -- shelter & services: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsAmman, Jordan -- displacement: 20 stories, carried by 18 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 91 stories, carried by 160 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

● Barbados warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Armidale Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 110 stories ● South Bend US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 13 stories ● Kisan Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Albertville US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 58 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 86 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 12,873 stories · about as usual Health23% 9,613 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence16% 6,662 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 6,346 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,315 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 1,907 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,725 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 834 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 killed12,427 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,185 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,538 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,757 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,466 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting evacuations621 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions387 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting people displaced377 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill82 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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