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24,607 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 a disaster in Budapest, violence in Mecca and protests in Kafr Qaddum (Palestine). Palestine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel → Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHungary 83 in 100 of its 350 stories, usually 22
RegionNorth America 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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

Hungary

289 of its 350 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Budapest accounted for 283 of Hungary's 289 stories about harm, carried by 249 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Hungary over 30 days → its stories → Budapest stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

310 of its 607 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Mecca accounted for 273 of Saudi Arabia's 310 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Mecca stories →
Protests & strikes

Palestine

74 of Kafr Qaddum's 95 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (164 stories). Outbreaks were named in 86 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Kafr Qaddum stories →
Health

Indonesia

99 of its 169 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tsunami was named in 59 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with polio. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Albania

79 of its 89 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tirana accounted for 55 of Albania's 79 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Angola

27 of its 31 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

30 of its 91 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

South Korea

102 of its 345 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (65 stories). Outbreaks were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Rights & justice

US

11,047 of its 35,557 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (532 stories). Storm surge was named in 58 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Czechia

10 of its 48 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. 5 of Prague's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Italy (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Burkina Faso (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in South Korea (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Spain (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Israel (61 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 24,607 stories about harm among 111,043 counted on 1 Jun.

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It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 28 April 2019. of the day's 111,043 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. Hungary stood out: 83% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%. Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel. Over May, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 in May 2018.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia94 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 13 · mostly conflict & violence Albania89 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 29 · mostly disasters & accidents Hungary83 in 100 of its 350 stories · usually 22 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria77 in 100 of its 281 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong70 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 17 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Virginia Beach US1099 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2482 Houston US269 stories about protests or strikes, of its 381 Washington US196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 750 San Francisco US175 stories about protests or strikes, of its 306 Gaza Palestine88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 92

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: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: 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 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: 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 readGuatemala: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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 lessEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAustria: 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 readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: 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 readSyria: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTennessee, US -- rights & justice: 148 stories, carried by 141 outletsSalt Lake City, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsVienna, Austria -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsPeterborough, UK -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 62 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsKulgam, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 63 stories, carried by 34 outletsWest Midlands, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 12 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 143 stories, carried by 135 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

● Hong Kong warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● Japan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Tennessee US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 148 stories ● Salt Lake City US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Vienna Austria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Peterborough UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 20 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 6,534 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence25% 6,117 stories · much more than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents18% 4,415 stories · about as usual Health18% 4,305 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,531 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 637 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 459 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 298 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 killed8,714 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Hungary Stories reporting people injured4,522 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people affected2,694 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,445 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations683 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees367 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions203 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced105 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.