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What the world's news said happened to people.
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38,910 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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Protests in Washington (US), the ebola in Congo and arrests in Jordan drew the news. Congo's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much harsher than usual.

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India →
Part of lifeHealth 49 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostMexico 60 in 100 of its 458 stories, usually 39
RegionNorth America 47 in 100 of its stories, usually 40
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

US

16,989 of its 35,417 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 2,288 of Washington's 2,967 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (2,846 stories). Drownings were named in 212 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

US over 30 days → its stories → Washington stories →
Health

Congo

68 of its 81 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Ebola was named in 64 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with outbreaks and measles. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Jordan

32 of its 96 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

273 of its 458 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Hurricane was named in 135 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, storms and cyclone.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

DR Congo

29 of its 31 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Mbandaka accounted for 24 of the DR Congo's 29 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Measles was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →
Health

Iran

131 of its 235 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tehran accounted for 73 of Iran's 131 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

El Salvador

14 of its 18 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Equatorial Guinea

5 of its 6 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Thailand

108 of its 215 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Yemen

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: measles in DR Congo (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Ireland (25 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in India (73 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in UK (19 of its stories, about three times its usual).

36 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 38,910 stories about harm among 107,029 counted on 2 Jun.

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For the fourth day running, the news turned to the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 36 in every 100 of the day's 107,029 stories, above the usual 34. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India. In Congo's news, mentions of Ebola ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 3 June 2019, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 36 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo84 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 59 · mostly health Yemen76 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 70 · mostly health Afghanistan73 in 100 of its 200 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan66 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 63 · mostly health Kashmir62 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US2288 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2967 New York US318 stories about protests or strikes, of its 604 Minneapolis US307 stories about protests or strikes, of its 429 Los Angeles US305 stories about protests or strikes, of its 498 Philadelphia US287 stories about protests or strikes, of its 439

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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 readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: 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'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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'sMadagascar: 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'sLebanon: 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 readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: too little coverage to readFrench 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: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUS: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTonga: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalau: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: 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'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Congo about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 68 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 146 stories about harm ● Benin few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 12 stories about harm ● Yemen about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 100 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health49% 18,997 stories · much less than usual (usually 71%) Rights & justice34% 12,981 stories · much more than usual (usually 11%) Disasters & accidents6% 2,293 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 2,248 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 996 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 635 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 296 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 248 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 killed9,852 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,564 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,929 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured1,649 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations190 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting refugees166 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced125 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions79 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill37 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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 one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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