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36,002 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 illness in la Romana, protests in Khartoum (Sudan) and rights and justice in Velika Kladusa. the Dominican Republic's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Guatemala →
Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostDominican Republic 65 in 100 of its 205 stories, usually 22
RegionOceania 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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 →
Health

Dominican Republic

134 of its 205 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. la Romana accounted for 96 of the Dominican Republic's 134 stories about harm, carried by 206 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (91 stories). Poisoning was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Dominican Republic over 30 days → its stories → La Romana stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

850 of its 938 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Khartoum accounted for 786 of Sudan's 850 stories about harm, carried by 539 outlets. 758 of Khartoum's 786 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (792 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.

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

Bosnia

47 of its 54 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Velika Kladusa accounted for 29 of Bosnia's 47 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Velika Kladusa stories →
Disasters & accidents

Uganda

115 of its 224 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (79 stories). Heavy rain was named in 60 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides and volcanic eruption. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Iran

229 of its 465 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tehran accounted for 164 of Iran's 229 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Earthquake was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Health

Fiji

51 of its 132 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Flu was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Australia

1,131 of its 4,123 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Overdoses were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

183 of its 377 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (144 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

59 of its 148 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Netherlands

148 of its 578 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Somalia (51 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Spain (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Fiji (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Guatemala (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Kenya (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 36,002 stories about harm among 187,911 counted on 5 Jun.

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In the Dominican Republic, 65% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 187,911 stories, as usual. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Guatemala. A year earlier, on 5 June 2018, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan91 in 100 of its 938 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Bosnia87 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 30 · mostly rights & justice Congo73 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 75 · mostly health Syria67 in 100 of its 229 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Dominican Republic65 in 100 of its 205 stories · usually 22 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Khartoum Sudan758 stories about protests or strikes, of its 786 Washington US321 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1118 Beijing China247 stories about protests or strikes, of its 418 London UK243 stories about protests or strikes, of its 711 Nablus Palestine172 stories about protests or strikes, of its 179

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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 lessSouth Korea: 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: 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: 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: 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 readPalau: 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: 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 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 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 lessJapan: 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 lessPalestine: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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 readHong Kong: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: 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 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 lessEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBermuda: warmth about its own usualBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 12 outletsCairo, Egypt -- conflict & violence: 48 stories, carried by 17 outletsAmritsar, India -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsColchester, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsDeadwater, UK -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsCopenhagen, Denmark -- rights & justice: 34 stories, carried by 29 outletsDardanelle, US -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 14 outletsNevada, US -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 13 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

● Russia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Cairo Egypt about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 48 stories ● Amritsar India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Colchester UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Deadwater UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 11,162 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Health24% 8,315 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Conflict & violence16% 5,570 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents15% 5,177 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,139 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,529 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 730 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 645 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 killed10,956 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,447 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,629 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,415 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting people displaced289 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees247 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting abductions224 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations168 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill125 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Guatemala

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.