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What the world's news said happened to people.
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38,936 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 Baghdad (Iraq), people killed in Russia and illness in Punta Cana. the Dominican Republic's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Venezuela →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIraq 78 in 100 of its 692 stories, usually 47
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 36
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

543 of its 692 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Baghdad accounted for 224 of Iraq's 543 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. 136 of Baghdad's 224 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (223 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Russia

932 of its 2,208 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (729 stories). Plane crash was named in 91 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plague. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Tunisia

61 of its 89 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Tunis accounted for 47 of Tunisia's 61 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories).

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

Iran

656 of its 1,673 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tehran accounted for 524 of Iran's 656 stories about harm, carried by 616 outlets. 347 of Tehran's 524 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (266 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

130 of its 152 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Sanaa accounted for 54 of Yemen's 130 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 107 of Sudan's 223 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. 95 of Khartoum's 107 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

260 of its 409 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 74 of Caracas' 96 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (116 stories).

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Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

713 of its 1,224 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (374 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

99 of its 115 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. 24 of Managua's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: bird flu in Guyana (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (179 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in India (201 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); malaria in Uganda (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plane crash in Ukraine (12 of its stories, more than ten 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 19 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 38,936 stories about harm among 192,982 counted on 19 Jun.

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Mentions of bird flu ran more than ten times their usual in Guyana's news. of the day's 192,982 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. People displaced were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Venezuela. It was the second day running that the news turned to Iraq. In Iraq, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 47% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua86 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Yemen86 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq78 in 100 of its 692 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Syria75 in 100 of its 303 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan74 in 100 of its 302 stories · usually 75 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran347 stories about protests or strikes, of its 524 Orlando US306 stories about protests or strikes, of its 446 Washington US252 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1792 Beijing China175 stories about protests or strikes, of its 265 Baghdad Iraq136 stories about protests or strikes, of its 224

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 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: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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 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 lessUkraine: 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 lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 lessSpain: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth 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 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-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: 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 readSt 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: too little coverage to readEl 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: 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 readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: 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 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 lessBolivia: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readUS: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualNicaragua: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBosnia: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGaza, Palestine -- shelter & services: 87 stories, carried by 11 outletsTulsa, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 11 outletsDavos, Switzerland -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 17 outletsGuji, Ethiopia -- displacement: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsNevada, US -- health: 22 stories, carried by 20 outletsTbilisi, Georgia -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsHelsinki, Finland -- health: 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

● United Arab Emirates warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Syria warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Gaza Palestine about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 87 stories ● Tulsa US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Davos Switzerland about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 28 stories ● Guji Ethiopia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 11,433 stories · about as usual Health24% 9,269 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents15% 5,693 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence12% 4,770 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,813 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,934 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,555 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 872 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 killed10,930 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,340 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,191 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,557 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting refugees905 at about twice the usual rate · most about Venezuela and the US Stories reporting evacuations714 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iran and Iraq Stories reporting people displaced624 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Venezuela Stories reporting abductions280 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill55 at about the usual rate

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 softer 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.