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36,505 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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People displaced in Armenia, violence in Jammu and arrests in Mali drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 54 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostChad 51 in 100 of its 61 stories, usually 31
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Armenia

64 of its 149 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

123 of its 190 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Jammu accounted for 68 of Kashmir's 123 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Rights & justice

Mali

18 of its 28 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Sudan

Darfur accounted for 32 of Sudan's 56 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Chad

31 of its 61 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →
Health

Cameroon

32 of its 46 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Health

Sri Lanka

Colombo accounted for 43 of Sri Lanka's 64 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Health

UK

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Hunger was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with chickenpox.

its stories →
Health

Pakistan

Tuberculosis was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with building collapse and hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Argentina (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Ghana (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); oil spill in Russia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); tuberculosis in Pakistan (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

33 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 36,505 stories about harm among 111,208 counted on 10 Jun.

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Mentions of outbreaks ran about three times their usual in Argentina's news. of the day's 111,208 news stories, 33 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 34. A year earlier, on 11 June 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 33 today. Armenia's news was 43% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen78 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 70 · mostly health Syria65 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir65 in 100 of its 190 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan64 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 62 · mostly health Nepal59 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 45 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US754 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1591 Houston US263 stories about protests or strikes, of its 509 London UK181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 682 Los Angeles US164 stories about protests or strikes, of its 573 New York US143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 465

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: 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: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: 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'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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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'sVatican City: 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: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUS: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful 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 angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLesotho: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sMarshall Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJersey: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Sweden about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 91 stories about harm ● Burundi few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as angry as the world's · 655 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Iraq about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 54 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health54% 19,577 stories · much less than usual (usually 64%) Rights & justice29% 10,415 stories · much more than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents6% 2,138 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence5% 1,668 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 1,043 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 717 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 408 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 297 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 killed8,807 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,618 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,168 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced184 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting abductions142 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations106 at about half the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting people falling ill50 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Brazil

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.