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33,831 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 protests in Khartoum (Sudan), a disaster in Budapest and rights and justice in Baghdad. Syria's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSudan 84 in 100 of its 1,085 stories, usually 49
RegionEast Asia 20 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

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

915 of its 1,085 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Khartoum accounted for 886 of Sudan's 915 stories about harm, carried by 632 outlets. 880 of Khartoum's 886 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Disasters & accidents

Hungary

252 of its 418 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Budapest accounted for 237 of Hungary's 252 stories about harm, carried by 286 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Hungary over 30 days → its stories → Budapest stories →
Rights & justice

Iraq

107 of its 186 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Baghdad accounted for 69 of Iraq's 107 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

475 of its 561 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (187 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

China

1,053 of its 5,025 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 521 of Tiananmen's 701 stories were about protests or strikes. Bird flu was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Morocco

57 of its 110 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Rabat accounted for 47 of Morocco's 57 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. 46 of Rabat's 47 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Albania

17 of its 35 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 12 of Tirana's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Japan

Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (62 stories). Malaria was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

5 of Addis Ababa's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (49 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

Dominican Republic

64 of its 117 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Indonesia (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (36 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); avalanche in India (219 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in France (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Italy (24 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

20 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 3 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 33,831 stories about harm among 170,288 counted on 3 Jun.

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The news turned to Sudan for the second day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 170,288 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 5 times their usual. Sudan stood out: 84% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 49%. On 3 June 2018, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya88 in 100 of its 229 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice Syria85 in 100 of its 561 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan84 in 100 of its 1,085 stories · usually 49 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 292 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique66 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 58 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Khartoum Sudan880 stories about protests or strikes, of its 886 Tiananmen China521 stories about protests or strikes, of its 701 Houston US334 stories about protests or strikes, of its 450 London UK296 stories about protests or strikes, of its 888 San Francisco US121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 265

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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 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 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: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: 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 lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: near the world's share or lessSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: 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 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 lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: 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 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 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 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: near the world's share or lessKenya: 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 lessItaly: 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 lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: 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: no storiesFrance: 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 lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: 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 lessComoros: near the world's share or lessColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: 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: no storiesCanada: 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 lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: 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 lessBahamas: 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 lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: 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): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessEast Jerusalem: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: near the world's share or lessMontserrat: no storiesJersey: 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: near the world's share or lessSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: near the world's share or lessSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 27 in 100 of its 309 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Puerto Rico: 63 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)US: 25 in 100 of its 50,542 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Uganda: 38 in 100 of its 129 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Tunisia: 42 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Thailand: 27 in 100 of its 362 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Tajikistan: 67 in 100 of its 6 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Syria: 85 in 100 of its 561 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Sweden: 49 in 100 of its 463 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Sudan: 84 in 100 of its 1,085 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Sri Lanka: 52 in 100 of its 440 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Somalia: 38 in 100 of its 78 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Pakistan: 27 in 100 of its 1,081 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Niger: 63 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Nicaragua: 52 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Nepal: 27 in 100 of its 140 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Namibia: 30 in 100 of its 61 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Mozambique: 66 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Morocco: 52 in 100 of its 110 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Mauritania: 62 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Madagascar: 61 in 100 of its 36 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Libya: 88 in 100 of its 229 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Lesotho: 56 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Lebanon: 29 in 100 of its 146 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Israel: 40 in 100 of its 1,741 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Iraq: 58 in 100 of its 186 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Indonesia: 34 in 100 of its 279 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Hungary: 60 in 100 of its 418 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Guinea: 67 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Ethiopia: 52 in 100 of its 205 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)El Salvador: 39 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Dominican Republic: 55 in 100 of its 117 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Greenland: 44 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Denmark: 31 in 100 of its 137 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)DR Congo: 89 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Congo: 50 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Cameroon: 41 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Burkina Faso: 62 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Argentina: 31 in 100 of its 108 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Albania: 49 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Afghanistan: 67 in 100 of its 292 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Kashmir: 55 in 100 of its 229 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Kashmir: 55 in 100 of its 229 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Kashmir: 55 in 100 of its 229 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Kashmir: 55 in 100 of its 229 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)
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 20 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

● Sudan 84 in 100 of its 1,085 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Syria 85 in 100 of its 561 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Libya 88 in 100 of its 229 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Afghanistan 67 in 100 of its 292 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Hungary 60 in 100 of its 418 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Iraq 58 in 100 of its 186 stories · mostly rights & justice

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

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 10,180 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Health21% 7,081 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 5,530 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents16% 5,405 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,522 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,181 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 632 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 464 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 killed11,658 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,532 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests3,204 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,050 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations258 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees219 at about half the usual rate · most about Germany and the US Stories reporting abductions173 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced133 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill12 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and China

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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