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34,619 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 injured in Honduras, illness in Jammu and rights and justice in Burundi drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 55 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostKazakhstan 66 in 100 of its 80 stories, usually 36
RegionCentral Asia 47 in 100 of its stories, usually 37
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

Honduras

28 of its 38 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 15 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.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Syria

124 of its 180 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Palestine

59 of its 101 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Ramallah accounted for 37 of Palestine's 59 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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China

Beijing accounted for 777 of China's 1,778 stories about harm, carried by 987 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (13 stories). Cholera was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Health

Kazakhstan

53 of its 80 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories).

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Health

Jordan

42 of its 119 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

Botswana

16 of its 35 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Peru (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Switzerland (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in New Zealand (27 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); plane crash in Ireland (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Italy (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

31 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 18 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 34,619 stories about harm among 112,021 counted on 18 Jun.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 11 March 2020. Mentions of respiratory illness ran more than ten times their usual in Honduras' news. of the day's 112,021 news stories, 31 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 34. On 19 June 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 31 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Kashmir71 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi69 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Syria69 in 100 of its 180 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh66 in 100 of its 229 stories · usually 61 · mostly health Kazakhstan66 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 36 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US360 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1416 Atlanta US134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 293 Beijing China113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 777 Hollywood US91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 354 London UK87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 689

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: 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 readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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'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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: feelings about like the world'sFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: feelings about like the world'sSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLatvia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBhutan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJersey: 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 twice as fearful as the world's · 102 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 73 stories about harm ● Romania few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Syria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 124 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 181 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health55% 19,033 stories · less than usual (usually 59%) Rights & justice25% 8,503 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence7% 2,266 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents6% 2,005 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 1,098 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 686 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 407 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 372 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 killed8,738 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,329 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,093 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,201 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees263 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Venezuela Stories reporting people displaced204 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Venezuela Stories reporting abductions130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations100 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Ghana Stories reporting people falling ill55 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
● Griefa little less than 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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