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20,039 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 protests in Jerusalem (Israel), the hunger in Yemen and a disaster in Lampedusa. Yemen's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and the Dominican Republic → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostItaly 52 in 100 of its 751 stories, usually 18
RegionSouth Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Israel

515 of its 858 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jerusalem accounted for 400 of Israel's 515 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. 351 of Jerusalem's 400 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (261 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

102 of its 120 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Sanaa accounted for 78 of Yemen's 102 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Hunger was named in 58 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

387 of its 751 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Lampedusa accounted for 294 of Italy's 387 stories about harm, carried by 291 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (132 stories).

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

Philippines

212 of its 554 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (60 stories). Heavy rain was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

El Salvador

53 of its 68 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

311 of its 451 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Kabul accounted for 231 of Afghanistan's 311 stories about harm, carried by 335 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Mexico

227 of its 596 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 80 of Mexico City's 82 stories were about protests or strikes. Hurricane was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

444 of its 930 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Earthquake was named in 71 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

India

1,387 of its 4,922 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (205 stories). Building collapse was named in 86 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Palestine (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Canada (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Australia (31 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Philippines (17 of its stories, about three 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 29 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 20,039 stories about harm among 96,443 counted on 29 Jun.

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People falling ill were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and the Dominican Republic. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 96,443 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. For the second day running, the news turned to Israel. Yemen's news mentioned the hunger about 4 times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen85 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador78 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 47 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria76 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan69 in 100 of its 451 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan65 in 100 of its 255 stories · usually 81 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel351 stories about protests or strikes, of its 400 Stonewall Inn US240 stories about protests or strikes, of its 452 Khartoum Sudan151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 151 Washington US110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 705 Ramallah Palestine105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: 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'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 twice as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful 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'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 102 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as fearful as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Tunisia few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 15 stories about harm ● El Salvador about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Qatar few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 311 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 6,488 stories · about as usual Health21% 4,156 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 3,445 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 3,040 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,097 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 657 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 544 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 326 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 killed5,442 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,814 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,291 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,789 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees331 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions220 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations155 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Spain Stories reporting people falling ill110 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and the Dominican Republic Stories reporting people displaced99 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Libya

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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