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37,606 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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Illness in Bwera, protests in Tsim Sha Tsui (Hong Kong) and violence in Mopti drew the news. Mali's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostUganda 81 in 100 of its 599 stories, usually 34
RegionCentral Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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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Health

Uganda

483 of its 599 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Bwera accounted for 217 of Uganda's 483 stories about harm, carried by 282 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (338 stories). Haemorrhagic fever was named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Bwera stories →
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

815 of its 1,341 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 142 of Tsim Sha Tsui's 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (75 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Tsim Sha Tsui stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

124 of its 156 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Mopti accounted for 47 of Mali's 124 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Mopti stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Cyprus

85 of its 122 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cyprus over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Uruguay

25 of its 40 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Montevideo accounted for 25 of Uruguay's 25 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. 24 of Montevideo's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Iran

598 of its 1,163 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 544 of Iran's 598 stories about harm, carried by 435 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (317 stories). Hunger was named in 83 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

435 of its 504 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Khartoum accounted for 323 of Sudan's 435 stories about harm, carried by 245 outlets. 319 of Khartoum's 323 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Algeria

53 of its 124 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Algiers accounted for 40 of Algeria's 53 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. 34 of Algiers' 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Kazakhstan

108 of its 200 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 50 of Almaty's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (91 stories).

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Health

Dominican Republic

269 of its 483 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (38 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: dengue in Bangladesh (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (465 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in Bolivia (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (22 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Egypt (22 of its stories, more than ten 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 12 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 37,606 stories about harm among 193,436 counted on 12 Jun.

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Uganda stood out: 81% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 193,436 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 12 June 2018, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo92 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 74 · mostly health Sudan86 in 100 of its 504 stories · usually 71 · mostly rights & justice Uganda81 in 100 of its 599 stories · usually 34 · mostly health Mali79 in 100 of its 156 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen71 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Khartoum Sudan319 stories about protests or strikes, of its 323 Beijing China313 stories about protests or strikes, of its 483 Moscow Russia301 stories about protests or strikes, of its 354 Champaign US288 stories about protests or strikes, of its 391 Washington US192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1533

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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 lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: 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 lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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 lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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 lessKuwait: 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 lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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 lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: too little coverage to readFiji: 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 lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: 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 readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: 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 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 lessAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualParaguay: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEl Salvador: warmth about its own usualDominican Republic: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBolivia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualSalar de Uyuni, Bolivia -- disasters & accidents: 17 stories, carried by 36 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsOklahoma City, US -- disasters & accidents: 162 stories, carried by 152 outletsSarthe, France -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsFaribault, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsKunduz, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 21 outletsKumasi, Ghana -- rights & justice: 142 stories, carried by 69 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

● Dominican Republic warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bolivia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ghana warmth about one and a half times usual ● Paraguay warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Salar de Uyuni Bolivia about three times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 17 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Oklahoma City US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 162 stories ● Sarthe France about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Faribault US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 12,200 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Health23% 8,481 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 5,638 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence14% 5,243 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,994 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,631 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 877 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 855 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 killed10,343 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,815 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,687 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,688 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees708 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Hong Kong and the US Stories reporting abductions566 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ghana and the US Stories reporting evacuations405 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting people displaced196 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill29 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the Dominican Republic

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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