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29,417 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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Violence in Kabul, flooding in Türkiye and rights and justice in Morocco drew the news. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 58 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMorocco 54 in 100 of its 70 stories, usually 39
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

112 of its 155 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Kabul accounted for 64 of Afghanistan's 112 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Health

Türkiye

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Flooding was named in 14 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.

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

UK

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (182 stories). Heatwave was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Tunisia

31 of its 56 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Health

Trinidad & Tobago

23 of its 65 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

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Health

United Arab Emirates

116 of its 321 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Dubai accounted for 91 of the United Arab Emirates' 116 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets.

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Health

South Sudan

21 of its 27 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Mexico

Poisoning was named in 39 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.

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Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Mexico (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Russia (25 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); respiratory illness in Italy (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (20 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

31 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 29,417 stories about harm among 95,889 counted on 22 Jun.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 11 March 2020. In Mexico's news, mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual. the news turned to Afghanistan for the second day running. 31 in every 100 of the day's 95,889 news stories 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 →

Afghanistan72 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Syria67 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia55 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice Sudan55 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 59 · mostly health Morocco54 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 39 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US258 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1123 American Museum of Natural History US113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 289 Tulsa US106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164 Hollywood US102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 352 Chicago US85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 293

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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: 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 readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: too little coverage to readDR 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 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: 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 readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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 readTunisia: warmth about its own usualMongolia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualHong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 26 outletsTataouine, Tunisia -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsWest Suffolk, UK -- health: 23 stories, carried by 26 outletsGateshead, UK -- health: 33 stories, carried by 18 outletsEdo State, Nigeria -- health: 20 stories, carried by 11 outletsYulin, China -- health: 18 stories, carried by 51 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 64 stories, carried by 92 outletsWisconsin, US -- health: 51 stories, carried by 79 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

● Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Hong Kong about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Tataouine Tunisia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● West Suffolk UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories ● Gateshead UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 33 stories ● Edo State Nigeria 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 →

Health58% 16,883 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 6,105 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents7% 1,973 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,833 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,186 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 597 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 323 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 277 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 killed8,069 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,924 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,882 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured1,654 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees244 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced156 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions141 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations90 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill33 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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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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