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38,338 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 Bwera, protests in Khartoum (Sudan) and a disaster in Tehran. Uganda's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Iran and India → Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK → Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostUganda 83 in 100 of its 637 stories, usually 41
RegionEast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Uganda

529 of its 637 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Bwera accounted for 223 of Uganda's 529 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (380 stories). Haemorrhagic fever was named in 65 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Sudan

380 of its 439 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Khartoum accounted for 278 of Sudan's 380 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. 262 of Khartoum's 278 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Iran

1,875 of its 3,188 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tehran accounted for 1,209 of Iran's 1,875 stories about harm, carried by 950 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (842 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

88 of its 120 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Tripoli accounted for 65 of Libya's 88 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Hong Kong

537 of its 819 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 140 of Mong Kok's 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (307 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Cyprus

62 of its 126 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Lithuania

35 of its 61 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Drownings were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

China

1,306 of its 4,987 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 758 of Beijing's 858 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (299 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

109 of its 162 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Ghana

208 of its 651 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (98 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Lithuania (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (478 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hurricane in Jamaica (23 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drownings in Thailand (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Venezuela (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 38,338 stories about harm among 186,576 counted on 13 Jun.

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Evacuations were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Iran and India. of the day's 186,576 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. Lithuania's news mentioned drownings more than ten times as often as usual. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. For the second day running, the news turned to Uganda.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan87 in 100 of its 439 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Uganda83 in 100 of its 637 stories · usually 41 · mostly health Congo81 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 76 · mostly health Syria74 in 100 of its 303 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Libya73 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beijing China758 stories about protests or strikes, of its 858 Shelby County US528 stories about protests or strikes, of its 596 Tehran Iran478 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1209 Washington US422 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1729 Khartoum Sudan262 stories about protests or strikes, of its 278

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sMarshall Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 109 stories about harm ● Cyprus about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 215 stories about harm ● New Zealand about twice as fearful as the world's · 306 stories about harm ● Spain about twice as fearful as the world's · 145 stories about harm ● Uganda about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 529 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 12,370 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Health23% 8,754 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents18% 6,731 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 4,868 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,974 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,251 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 882 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 839 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 killed9,144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,738 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected4,880 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting people injured3,662 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,298 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about Iran and India Stories reporting abductions453 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees424 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced243 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill98 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 much harsher than 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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