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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.

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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).

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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 the news was warmest

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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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 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 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: 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: 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 Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: 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 lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: too little coverage to readPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: too little coverage to readMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: 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 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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 lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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 readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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 lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad 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 lessAzad 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: 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: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRhode Island, US -- rights & justice: 75 stories, carried by 106 outletsTunis, Tunisia -- food & livelihood: 18 stories, carried by 13 outletsRed Cliff, US -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsBlaj, Romania -- rights & justice: 84 stories, carried by 72 outletsLake Chad, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsPeterborough, UK -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 24 outletsMecca, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 20 outletsEnglish Channel, UK -- disasters & accidents: 17 stories, carried by 16 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

● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tunisia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Rhode Island US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 75 stories ● Tunis Tunisia about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 18 stories ● Red Cliff US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Blaj Romania about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 84 stories ● Lake Chad Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.