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37,083 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 news turned to violence in Kabul, people killed in Mexico and protests in Tbilisi (Georgia). Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Palestine →
Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostGambia 72 in 100 of its 128 stories, usually 24
RegionCentral Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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 →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

384 of its 501 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Kabul accounted for 276 of Afghanistan's 384 stories about harm, carried by 370 outlets. Polio was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Displacement

Mexico

580 of its 1,326 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (392 stories). Tropical storm was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with storms. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

89 of its 126 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Tbilisi accounted for 89 of Georgia's 89 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. 87 of Tbilisi's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Ethiopia

189 of its 251 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Amhara accounted for 106 of Ethiopia's 189 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). 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.

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Health

North Korea

236 of its 574 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (49 stories). Outbreaks were named in 120 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Austria

102 of its 285 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories). Gas explosion was named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with building collapse.

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Disasters & accidents

Panama

50 of its 159 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories). Earthquake was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.

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Conflict & violence

Germany

430 of its 1,448 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Wildfires were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Displacement

Denmark

119 of its 426 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (75 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: gas explosion in Austria (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Papua New Guinea (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Panama (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in North Korea (120 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); drought in Colombia (23 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 26 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 37,083 stories about harm among 184,239 counted on 26 Jun.

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In Austria's news, mentions of gas explosion ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 184,239 stories, as usual. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Palestine. In Afghanistan, 77% of the news was about people being harmed, where 52% is usual. A year earlier, on 26 June 2018, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan77 in 100 of its 501 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia75 in 100 of its 251 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Gambia72 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 24 · mostly rights & justice Georgia71 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan65 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 79 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US452 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1688 Boston US170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 533 Queens US149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 570 Moscow Russia121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177 El Paso US109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSudan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: 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 lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: 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 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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 lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: too little coverage to readGermany: 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 lessFrance: 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 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: 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: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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 lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: too little coverage to readHeard & 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 lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualEl Salvador: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times 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 one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJuba, South Sudan -- shelter & services: 18 stories, carried by 14 outletsGwadar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 29 outletsVisakhapatnam, India -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsBronagh, Ireland -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsIbadan, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 11 outletsCanberra, Australia -- rights & justice: 106 stories, carried by 85 outletsPulwama, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 79 stories, carried by 39 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 22 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

● North Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Juba South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 18 stories ● Gwadar Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Visakhapatnam India about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Bronagh Ireland about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Ibadan Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 12,604 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Health22% 8,014 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 5,269 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 5,192 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,987 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,474 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,386 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 600 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 killed10,431 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,092 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,952 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,044 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees1,170 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced280 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions177 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations163 at about half the usual rate · most about Italy and Türkiye Stories reporting people falling ill32 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Malaysia

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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