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21,033 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 protests in Khartoum (Sudan), rights and justice in Blaj and violence in Kabul. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Italy →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostItaly 57 in 100 of its 1,085 stories, usually 16
RegionEast Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
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 →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

67 of its 100 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Khartoum accounted for 64 of Sudan's 67 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. 61 of Khartoum's 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Rights & justice

Romania

87 of its 193 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Blaj accounted for 84 of Romania's 87 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Blaj stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

291 of its 393 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Kabul accounted for 237 of Afghanistan's 291 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (215 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

619 of its 1,085 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (410 stories). Poisoning was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Syria

433 of its 513 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Golan Heights accounted for 196 of Syria's 433 stories about harm, carried by 195 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (246 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Israel

1,068 of its 1,776 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Jerusalem accounted for 888 of Israel's 1,068 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (254 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Russia

279 of its 860 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 107 of Moscow's 167 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories).

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Protests & strikes

China

645 of its 2,666 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 351 of Tiananmen's 515 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (132 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

110 of its 180 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Kazakhstan

9 of its 24 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 7 of Almaty's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in France (99 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in Oman (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hypothermia in Kashmir (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 21,033 stories about harm among 95,422 counted on 2 Jun.

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In France's news, mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Italy. 22 in every 100 of the day's 95,422 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. In Sudan, 67% of the news was about people being harmed, where 48% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Nepal, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya89 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 67 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria84 in 100 of its 513 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan74 in 100 of its 393 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan67 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq61 in 100 of its 180 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tiananmen China351 stories about protests or strikes, of its 515 San Francisco US236 stories about protests or strikes, of its 375 Jerusalem Israel205 stories about protests or strikes, of its 888 New Orleans US192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 202 Virginia Beach US182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1349

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessYemen: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: no storiesTimor-Leste: no storiesThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: no storiesSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPhilippines: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessPakistan: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessPalestine: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIran: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: no storiesDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessMyanmar: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBangladesh: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessGaza: near the world's share or lessWest Bank: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesCrimea: near the world's share or lessEast Jerusalem: near the world's share or lessVatican City: no storiesMarshall Islands: no storiesNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: near the world's share or lessPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesUS: 30 in 100 of its 27,591 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Tunisia: 53 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Syria: 84 in 100 of its 513 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Sudan: 67 in 100 of its 100 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Sri Lanka: 37 in 100 of its 244 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Somalia: 62 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Saudi Arabia: 38 in 100 of its 300 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Russia: 32 in 100 of its 860 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Romania: 45 in 100 of its 193 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Nicaragua: 62 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Nepal: 33 in 100 of its 119 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Mozambique: 89 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Libya: 89 in 100 of its 115 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Italy: 57 in 100 of its 1,085 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Israel: 60 in 100 of its 1,776 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Iraq: 61 in 100 of its 180 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Indonesia: 49 in 100 of its 146 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Hungary: 43 in 100 of its 230 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Greece: 39 in 100 of its 365 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Ethiopia: 49 in 100 of its 63 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Colombia: 58 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Burkina Faso: 89 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Botswana: 37 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Bosnia: 71 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Bahamas: 54 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Angola: 76 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Albania: 41 in 100 of its 93 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Afghanistan: 74 in 100 of its 393 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kashmir: 54 in 100 of its 123 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kashmir: 54 in 100 of its 123 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kashmir: 54 in 100 of its 123 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kashmir: 54 in 100 of its 123 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)British Virgin Islands: 100 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 22 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Syria 84 in 100 of its 513 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Libya 89 in 100 of its 115 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Afghanistan 74 in 100 of its 393 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Israel 60 in 100 of its 1,776 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Italy 57 in 100 of its 1,085 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Iraq 61 in 100 of its 180 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 5,620 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence25% 5,136 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents20% 4,053 stories · about as usual Health17% 3,552 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,312 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 439 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 322 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 317 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 killed7,439 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people injured3,777 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting people affected2,180 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,122 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations237 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees148 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Germany and the US Stories reporting abductions91 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced72 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill5 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about Canada and the US

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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