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19,543 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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The day's news pointed at violence in Baghdad, illness in Cairo and rights and justice in Jerusalem. Israel's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 57 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEgypt 61 in 100 of its 126 stories, usually 42
RegionCentral Asia 48 in 100 of its stories, usually 39
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

Iraq

36 of its 52 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Baghdad accounted for 23 of Iraq's 36 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Health

Egypt

77 of its 126 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Cairo accounted for 42 of Egypt's 77 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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

Palestine

55 of its 83 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Ramallah accounted for 35 of Palestine's 55 stories about harm, carried by 11 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories).

its stories →
Health

Mexico

119 of its 213 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Indonesia

60 of its 100 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Jakarta accounted for 29 of Indonesia's 60 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 58 of Afghanistan's 86 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

India

1,670 of its 3,958 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Natural hazards were named in 112 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

Poisoning was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hunger in Yemen (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Spain (31 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in New Zealand (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (29 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); natural hazards in India (112 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

33 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 19,543 stories about harm among 59,264 counted on 27 Jun.

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The news turned to Iraq for the second day running. 33 in every 100 of the day's 59,264 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 28 June 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 33 today. Iraq stood out: 69% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 49%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq69 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan68 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine66 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 47 · mostly health Kuwait62 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 43 · mostly health Egypt61 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 42 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US288 stories about protests or strikes, of its 965 Philadelphia US96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 162 Manhattan US57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 182 London UK47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 251 Beijing China45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: no storiesU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: no storiesSuriname: no storiesSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSudan: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomalia: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: no storiesSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: no storiesOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIsrael: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: no storiesNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: no storiesDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessMyanmar: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 77 in 100 of its 43 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Venezuela: 60 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)US: 41 in 100 of its 18,443 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Türkiye: 48 in 100 of its 128 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Thailand: 47 in 100 of its 92 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Syria: 56 in 100 of its 75 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Sierra Leone: 82 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Philippines: 54 in 100 of its 406 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Pakistan: 44 in 100 of its 719 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Nepal: 58 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Mexico: 56 in 100 of its 213 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Libya: 54 in 100 of its 65 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Kuwait: 62 in 100 of its 50 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Palestine: 66 in 100 of its 83 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Iraq: 69 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Iran: 47 in 100 of its 152 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Indonesia: 60 in 100 of its 100 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)India: 42 in 100 of its 3,958 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Haiti: 82 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Ethiopia: 49 in 100 of its 89 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Egypt: 61 in 100 of its 126 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Chile: 52 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Brazil: 48 in 100 of its 125 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Belgium: 51 in 100 of its 45 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Bangladesh: 50 in 100 of its 199 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Afghanistan: 68 in 100 of its 127 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Kashmir: 59 in 100 of its 124 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Palestine: 66 in 100 of its 83 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Palestine: 66 in 100 of its 83 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Kashmir: 59 in 100 of its 124 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Kashmir: 59 in 100 of its 124 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Palestine: 66 in 100 of its 83 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)Kashmir: 59 in 100 of its 124 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 33)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 33 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Afghanistan 68 in 100 of its 127 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 66 in 100 of its 83 stories · mostly health ● Egypt 61 in 100 of its 126 stories · mostly health ● Philippines 54 in 100 of its 406 stories · mostly health ● Mexico 56 in 100 of its 213 stories · mostly health ● Iraq 69 in 100 of its 52 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health57% 10,957 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 4,211 stories · much less than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents8% 1,492 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,266 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 692 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 369 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 220 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 179 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 killed5,674 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,429 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,057 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees157 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and Bangladesh Stories reporting abductions64 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced52 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting evacuations50 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill29 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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