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20,579 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Paris (France), people injured in Russia and illness in Jammu. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 53 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostPoland 49 in 100 of its 74 stories, usually 30
RegionSoutheast Asia 48 in 100 of its stories, usually 43
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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Protests & strikes

France

175 of its 404 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Paris accounted for 123 of France's 175 stories about harm, carried by 414 outlets. 71 of Paris' 123 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Health

Russia

126 of its 318 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Hong Kong

46 of its 93 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 11 of Causeway Bay's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice 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

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 39 of Lebanon's 51 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. 35 of Beirut's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Health

Bangladesh

Dhaka accounted for 52 of Bangladesh's 108 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

China

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Diphtheria was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with rabies and whooping cough. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Brazil

132 of its 220 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

Ethiopia

24 of its 36 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Malaysia (28 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Japan (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); diphtheria in China (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Canada (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).

35 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 20,579 stories about harm among 59,001 counted on 13 Jun.

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35 in every 100 of the day's 59,001 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 14 June 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 35 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan73 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir67 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh65 in 100 of its 166 stories · usually 60 · mostly health Brazil60 in 100 of its 220 stories · usually 51 · mostly health Libya59 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US284 stories about protests or strikes, of its 698 London UK197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 496 New York US94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 304 Los Angeles US91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 223 Seattle US77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 103

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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'sSweden: 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'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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 readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: 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'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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia 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'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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sPortugal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier 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'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier 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'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as 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 · 90 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 88 stories about harm ● Brazil about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 132 stories about harm ● Libya few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 108 stories about harm ● France about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 175 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health53% 10,731 stories · much less than usual (usually 62%) Rights & justice29% 5,978 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents6% 1,162 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,141 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 729 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 344 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 173 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 166 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 killed5,990 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,698 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,216 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured977 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees96 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations89 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions67 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced57 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia Stories reporting people falling ill24 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 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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