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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

usually 34; 35 the day before
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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.

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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 lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: 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 lessSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: 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 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 lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: 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 lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 lessEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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 readChina: 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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 lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readThailand: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBosnia: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualOneida County, US -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsBrookfield, Australia -- health: 10 stories, carried by 20 outletsGateshead, UK -- health: 21 stories, carried by 10 outletsBraunau Am Inn, Austria -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 58 outletsTennessee, US -- health: 35 stories, carried by 42 outletsClacton, UK -- health: 23 stories, carried by 19 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- health: 13 stories, carried by 22 outletsDehradun, India -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Oneida County US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Brookfield Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Gateshead UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Braunau Am Inn Austria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Tennessee US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 35 stories

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