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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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

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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 the news was warmest

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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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: 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 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 lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: 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 lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 lessAksai Chin: 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 lessCrimea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readTunisia: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualChad: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualBeirut, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 34 stories, carried by 24 outletsRhode Island, US -- rights & justice: 49 stories, carried by 49 outletsAjit, India -- conflict & violence: 36 stories, carried by 26 outletsKulgam, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 35 stories, carried by 25 outletsGusau, Nigeria -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 24 stories, carried by 15 outletsVidant Medical Center, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 44 stories, carried by 31 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 48 stories, carried by 108 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 ● Lebanon warmth about one and a half times usual ● Peru warmth about one and a half times usual ● Russia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Beirut Lebanon about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 34 stories ● Rhode Island US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 49 stories ● Ajit India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 36 stories ● Kulgam Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 35 stories ● Gusau Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 24 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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