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.
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
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
how these are picked →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.
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.
Bahrain
3 of Manama's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
6 more places the news pointed at
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.
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).
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).
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).
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.
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.
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
usually 34; 33 the day beforeStories 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%.
- 33 in every 100 of the day's 111,208 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 34).
- Armenia: 64 of its 149 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%.
- Kashmir: 123 of its 190 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%.
- Mali: 18 of its 28 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%.
- Bahrain: 3 of Manama's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
- Mentions of outbreaks ran about three times their usual in Argentina's news.
- Mentions of flooding ran about 5 times their usual in Ghana's news.
- Across the world, the words of the day's news were harsher than usual.
- A year earlier, on 11 June 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 33 today.
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 healthCountries 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 465Stories, not people.
Where it happened
feelings in full →
Attacks & violenceAccidents & disastersPeople displacedDeaths, cause not givenProtests & strikesDisease & outbreaks
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, protests, outbreaks. Bigger dot: more stories. Ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported it and how clearly it was about one thing, the same way for every place and year; the news data does not say who attacked whom, so both sides of a war appear where the news put them. Click a dot for its stories.
Biggest events
● Houston US protests & strikes · 509 stories, 834 outlets ● Richmond US protests & strikes · 108 stories, 182 outlets ● Yangtze China accidents & disasters · 9 stories, 67 outlets ● Stockholm Sweden attacks & violence · 73 stories, 133 outlets ● Bristol UK protests & strikes · 135 stories, 121 outlets ● Gubio Nigeria attacks & violence · 38 stories, 43 outlets ● Maiduguri Nigeria attacks & violence · 27 stories, 59 outlets ● Tripoli Libya attacks & violence · 27 stories, 63 outletsThe 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 usualOf 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 BrazilStories 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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