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20,009 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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Abductions in China, protests in Minsk (Belarus) and heavy rain in Sri Lanka drew the news. Belarus' coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 50 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPeru 56 in 100 of its 109 stories, usually 29
RegionOceania 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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

684 of its 2,170 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Flu was named in 134 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with bird flu and west nile virus. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

China over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

Minsk accounted for 75 of Belarus' 97 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. 43 of Minsk's 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Conflict & violence

Uganda

62 of its 141 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kampala accounted for 45 of Uganda's 62 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Peru

61 of its 109 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

163 of its 581 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Flooding was named in 55 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

7 of Yangon's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

UK

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Heatwave was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with volcanic eruption. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Haiti

16 of its 22 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Gambia

15 of its 24 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in New Zealand (55 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in Greece (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Canada (17 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heatwave in UK (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 20,009 stories about harm among 85,133 counted on 1 Jun.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 5 November 2020. 24 in every 100 of the day's 85,133 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 25. A year earlier, on 1 June 2020, 35 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. China stood out: 32% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 26%. Over May, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 34 in May 2020.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda65 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 57 · mostly disasters & accidents Colombia56 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Peru56 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 29 · mostly health Syria55 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan54 in 100 of its 193 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US138 stories about protests or strikes, of its 604 Tulsa US115 stories about protests or strikes, of its 247 Jerusalem Israel52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137 Minsk Belarus43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 75 Moscow Russia41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 108

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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 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: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEl 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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 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: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 usualMexico: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualArizona, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 32 outletsOhio, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsOwerri, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsOdisha, India -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsIbadan, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 11 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 36 stories, carried by 39 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

● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Ohio US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Owerri Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Odisha India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Ibadan Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health50% 9,927 stories · about as usual Rights & justice18% 3,605 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 2,178 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 2,035 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 812 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 571 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 390 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 258 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 killed5,418 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,556 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,443 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured934 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting abductions182 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees137 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced113 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations96 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill20 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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