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What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
35,519 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 illness in Beijing, rights and justice in Tripoli and people affected in Iraq. Libya's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 55 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostChina 53 in 100 of its 3,703 stories, usually 43
RegionEast Asia 45 in 100 of its stories, usually 40
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

China

1,961 of its 3,703 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Beijing accounted for 975 of China's 1,961 stories about harm, carried by 1,080 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (205 stories). Hurricane was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with extreme cold, drownings and hypothermia. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

China over 30 days → its stories → Beijing stories →
Rights & justice

Libya

49 of its 87 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tripoli accounted for 31 of Libya's 49 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Honduras

36 of its 46 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 18 of Honduras' 36 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Iran

Tehran accounted for 53 of Iran's 89 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

South Africa

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (69 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

India

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (153 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Health

UK

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Flooding was named in 119 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain, storms and road crashes.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. 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: hunger in Syria (12 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); flooding in UK (119 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Canada (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

32 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 34; 32 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 35,519 stories about harm among 112,569 counted on 17 Jun.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 12 March 2020. Syria's news mentioned the hunger about 10 times as often as usual. On 18 June 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 32 today. of the day's 112,569 news stories, 32 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 34.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen76 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia65 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh59 in 100 of its 210 stories · usually 60 · mostly health Libya56 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan56 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US412 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1417 Beijing China160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 975 Atlanta US124 stories about protests or strikes, of its 329 Los Angeles US108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 334 San Francisco US106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 283

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: 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 readNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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 lessLebanon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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: too little coverage to readIraq: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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 readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readPakistan: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualNewburyport, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 15 outletsPleasant Grove, US -- shelter & services: 12 stories, carried by 20 outletsVelindre, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsWest Suffolk, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 12 outletsAmman, Jordan -- health: 15 stories, carried by 10 outletsKunduz, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 30 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

● Newburyport US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Pleasant Grove US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 12 stories ● Velindre UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● West Suffolk UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Amman Jordan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health55% 19,519 stories · less than usual (usually 60%) Rights & justice25% 8,808 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence6% 2,266 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents6% 2,081 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,352 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 614 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 359 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 253 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 killed9,485 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,277 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,003 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,517 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees161 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations105 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions100 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill53 at about the usual rate

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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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.