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19,328 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 Beirut (Lebanon), illness in Jerusalem and violence in Syria. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 47 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostBrazil 67 in 100 of its 239 stories, usually 51
RegionCentral Asia 46 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

Lebanon

67 of its 114 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Beirut accounted for 51 of Lebanon's 67 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. 42 of Beirut's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Health

Israel

207 of its 422 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jerusalem accounted for 142 of Israel's 207 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Wildfires were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
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Protests & strikes

UK

1,566 of its 3,549 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 222 of London's 440 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (114 stories). Hepatitis was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Australia

447 of its 1,281 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 68 of Sydney's 125 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Road crashes were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Italy

110 of its 238 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 25 of Rome's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Brazil

160 of its 239 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Respiratory illness was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with hiv and tuberculosis. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Bangladesh

181 of its 251 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Dhaka accounted for 76 of Bangladesh's 181 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).

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US

7,265 of its 14,903 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 708 of Washington's 990 stories were about protests or strikes. Tropical storm was named in 342 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with storm surge, tornadoes and heavy rain.

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Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in Brazil (20 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tropical storm in US (342 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); building collapse in Pakistan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Australia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hepatitis in UK (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

38 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 34; 37 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 19,328 stories about harm among 50,445 counted on 7 Jun.

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38 in every 100 of the day's 50,445 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 34. In Brazil's news, mentions of respiratory illness ran about 9 times their usual. On 8 June 2019, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 38 today. Lebanon's news was 59% about people being harmed, against a usual 43%. This week the news turned most often to Mexico, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria79 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh72 in 100 of its 251 stories · usually 60 · mostly health Kashmir67 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Brazil67 in 100 of its 239 stories · usually 51 · mostly health Indonesia60 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 52 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US708 stories about protests or strikes, of its 990 London UK222 stories about protests or strikes, of its 440 New York US126 stories about protests or strikes, of its 266 Minneapolis US94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125 Chicago US92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 176

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-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: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readEl 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: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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 readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readLebanon: warmth about its own usualNew Mexican, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 13 stories, carried by 107 outletsMiddlesbrough, UK -- health: 28 stories, carried by 10 outletsWest Midlands, UK -- health: 31 stories, carried by 34 outletsNorth Kingstown, US -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 23 outletsQuebec, Canada -- health: 22 stories, carried by 45 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 51 stories, carried by 89 outletsReban, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 33 stories, carried by 22 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

● New Mexican US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 13 stories ● Middlesbrough UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 28 stories ● West Midlands UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 31 stories ● North Kingstown US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Quebec Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health47% 9,012 stories · much less than usual (usually 67%) Rights & justice33% 6,309 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents7% 1,406 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,191 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 679 stories · about as usual Shelter & services1% 270 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 181 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 157 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 killed5,876 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests1,644 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected1,022 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured954 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting evacuations85 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced65 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions60 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees60 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting people falling ill25 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● Griefabout one and a half times 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.