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33,554 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 violence in Tunis, volcanic eruption in Papua New Guinea and protests in Caracas (Venezuela). Tunisia's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTunisia 79 in 100 of its 583 stories, usually 33
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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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Conflict & violence

Tunisia

462 of its 583 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tunis accounted for 393 of Tunisia's 462 stories about harm, carried by 335 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (337 stories). Plague was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Tunis stories →
Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

74 of its 118 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Ulawun accounted for 50 of Papua New Guinea's 74 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 62 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

Papua New Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Ulawun stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

132 of its 229 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Caracas accounted for 92 of Venezuela's 132 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. 54 of Caracas' 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Hunger was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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

Morocco

50 of its 132 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Spain

283 of its 1,086 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (134 stories). Outbreaks were named in 61 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Mongolia

13 of its 27 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 11 of Ulaanbaatar's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Rights & justice

Iraq

336 of its 494 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Displacement

Mexico

384 of its 1,156 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Hurricane was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tropical storm.

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Disasters & accidents

Russia

465 of its 1,706 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (128 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 57 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: gas explosion in Austria (46 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); flooding in DR Congo (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Spain (61 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatstroke in France (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Nepal (11 of its stories, about 5 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 27 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 33,554 stories about harm among 179,918 counted on 27 Jun.

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Tunisia stood out: 79% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 33%. A year earlier, on 27 June 2018, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. of the day's 179,918 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

DR Congo82 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 71 · mostly disasters & accidents Ethiopia80 in 100 of its 530 stories · usually 52 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Tunisia79 in 100 of its 583 stories · usually 33 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan73 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 80 · mostly rights & justice Iraq68 in 100 of its 494 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US313 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1312 Miami US203 stories about protests or strikes, of its 411 Chicago US100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 360 Stonewall Inn US99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 309 Beijing China97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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'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'sUnited States: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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 readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBenin: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as 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

● Tunisia about three times as fearful as the world's · 462 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 172 stories about harm ● Dominican Republic about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Germany about twice as angry as the world's · 390 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 336 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 371 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 9,858 stories · about as usual Health23% 7,636 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 5,259 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 4,640 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,400 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,653 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,055 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 503 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 killed9,604 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,472 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,226 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,480 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Tunisia Stories reporting refugees705 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and the US Stories reporting evacuations385 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions252 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced220 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill29 at about half the usual rate · most about France and the US

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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