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22,391 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 Bamako (Mali), heavy rain in Mexico and violence in Algiers drew the news. Mali's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 47 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostMali 83 in 100 of its 59 stories, usually 45
RegionCentral Asia 55 in 100 of its stories, usually 37
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Mali

49 of its 59 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 13 of Bamako's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Bamako stories →
Rights & justice

Mexico

119 of its 201 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Heavy rain was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Algeria

23 of its 31 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Algiers accounted for 21 of Algeria's 23 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Australia

452 of its 1,158 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 135 of Sydney's 175 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (102 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 39 of Lebanon's 52 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. 31 of Beirut's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Kazakhstan

25 of its 36 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 12 of Almaty's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Canada

646 of its 1,579 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 72 of Toronto's 139 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

US

9,154 of its 19,430 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 833 of Washington's 1,281 stories were about protests or strikes. Tropical storm was named in 247 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storm surge, landslides and west nile virus.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 59 of Afghanistan's 108 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Russia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in US (247 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

37 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 22,391 stories about harm among 59,964 counted on 6 Jun.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 37 in every 100 of the day's 59,964 stories, above the usual 34. Mentions of heavy rain ran about three times their usual in Mexico's news. A year earlier, on 7 June 2019, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 37 today. Mali stood out: 83% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 45%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali83 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan74 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia70 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 52 · mostly health Bangladesh70 in 100 of its 209 stories · usually 60 · mostly health Philippines60 in 100 of its 449 stories · usually 56 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US833 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1281 Los Angeles US151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 287 Minneapolis US149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 210 New York US138 stories about protests or strikes, of its 316 Sydney Australia135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 175

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'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'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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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 readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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 readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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: 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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 readEast 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUS: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little angrier than 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

● Brazil about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 112 stories about harm ● Kashmir about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 108 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 291 stories about harm ● France about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 188 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health47% 10,459 stories · much less than usual (usually 68%) Rights & justice35% 7,781 stories · much more than usual (usually 14%) Disasters & accidents7% 1,450 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence5% 1,215 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 673 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 357 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 175 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 136 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 killed6,338 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,963 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,066 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured836 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations85 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions77 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and India Stories reporting refugees68 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Afghanistan Stories reporting people displaced54 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill36 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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