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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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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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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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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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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
38 in 10031 in 10020 May27 May3 Jun10 Jun18 Jun20 May: 33 in 10021 May: 32 in 10022 May: 32 in 10023 May: 34 in 10024 May: 35 in 10025 May: 33 in 10026 May: 32 in 10027 May: 32 in 10028 May: 32 in 10029 May: 32 in 10030 May: 36 in 10031 May: 38 in 1001 Jun: 35 in 1002 Jun: 36 in 1003 Jun: 35 in 1004 Jun: 35 in 1005 Jun: 34 in 1006 Jun: 37 in 1007 Jun: 38 in 1008 Jun: 35 in 1009 Jun: 33 in 10010 Jun: 33 in 10011 Jun: 32 in 10012 Jun: 32 in 10013 Jun: 35 in 10014 Jun: 35 in 10015 Jun: 33 in 10016 Jun: 32 in 10017 Jun: 32 in 10018 Jun: 31 in 100 · this day

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.

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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 lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: too little coverage to readGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readRussia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualHelsinki, Finland -- health: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsDitchling, UK -- health: 73 stories, carried by 208 outletsMerseyside, UK -- health: 42 stories, carried by 16 outletsUrbana, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 20 outletsColorado, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 20 outletsKatsina, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 61 stories, carried by 23 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- health: 14 stories, carried by 17 outletsVancouver, Canada -- health: 67 stories, carried by 84 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

● Helsinki Finland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Ditchling UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 73 stories ● Merseyside UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 42 stories ● Urbana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories

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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