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19,949 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Gaza (Palestine), flooding in Sri Lanka and the earthquake in Taiwan. Palestine's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 50 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostChina 39 in 100 of its 2,301 stories, usually 27
RegionEast Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

49 of its 76 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Gaza accounted for 30 of Palestine's 49 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. 16 of Gaza's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

108 of its 196 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Colombo accounted for 73 of Sri Lanka's 108 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Mauritius

12 of its 28 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mauritius over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

China

908 of its 2,301 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 191 of Beijing's 301 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Cambodia

35 of its 63 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 13 of Phnom Penh's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

45 of its 166 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

UK

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Tsunami was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Romania

Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Illness was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 139 of Israel's 272 stories about harm, carried by 198 outlets. Illness was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Romania (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Israel (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Canada (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tsunami in UK (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in US (39 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 19,949 stories about harm among 87,164 counted on 4 Jun.

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Taiwan's news mentioned the earthquake about 9 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 4 June 2020, 35 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. In Palestine, 64% of the news was about people being harmed, where 51% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 87,164 stories, below the usual 25.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine64 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan59 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia56 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 42 · mostly health Sri Lanka55 in 100 of its 196 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Taiwan55 in 100 of its 164 stories · usually 43 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US204 stories about protests or strikes, of its 797 Beijing China191 stories about protests or strikes, of its 301 Jerusalem Israel54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 139 Minneapolis US53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78 Minsk Belarus50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Venezuela: 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: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: 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 lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: 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 lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: no storiesSuriname: near the world's share or lessSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: 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 lessSierra Leone: 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: near the world's share or lessSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: 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: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: 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 lessMexico: 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 lessLibya: 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 lessKuwait: 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 lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIran: 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 lessHaiti: 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 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: near the world's share or lessNew 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 lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: 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 lessComoros: no storiesCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: no storiesCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: 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 lessBelgium: 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: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: 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: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: 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 lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & 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: near the world's share or lessZimbabwe: 36 in 100 of its 168 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Zambia: 39 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Yemen: 39 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Vietnam: 46 in 100 of its 189 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Uganda: 47 in 100 of its 99 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Tunisia: 47 in 100 of its 53 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Trinidad & Tobago: 34 in 100 of its 58 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Thailand: 34 in 100 of its 181 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Taiwan: 55 in 100 of its 164 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Syria: 40 in 100 of its 75 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Sudan: 61 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Sri Lanka: 55 in 100 of its 196 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)South Africa: 29 in 100 of its 870 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Somalia: 42 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Rwanda: 62 in 100 of its 34 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Philippines: 40 in 100 of its 578 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Pakistan: 34 in 100 of its 714 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Nigeria: 32 in 100 of its 1,177 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Nicaragua: 69 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Nepal: 49 in 100 of its 78 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Mozambique: 50 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Mauritius: 43 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kyrgyzstan: 54 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Israel: 45 in 100 of its 602 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 64 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Iraq: 53 in 100 of its 57 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Indonesia: 42 in 100 of its 153 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)India: 32 in 100 of its 4,302 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Guatemala: 45 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Ethiopia: 40 in 100 of its 72 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Egypt: 37 in 100 of its 171 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Dominica: 68 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Greenland: 71 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)DR Congo: 67 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Congo: 50 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Colombia: 34 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)China: 39 in 100 of its 2,301 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Hong Kong: 34 in 100 of its 152 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Chile: 33 in 100 of its 69 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Chad: 42 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Cambodia: 56 in 100 of its 63 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Myanmar: 67 in 100 of its 43 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Brazil: 30 in 100 of its 199 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Belarus: 55 in 100 of its 210 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Bangladesh: 55 in 100 of its 155 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Afghanistan: 59 in 100 of its 152 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 39 in 100 of its 84 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)China: 39 in 100 of its 2,301 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 64 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 64 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 39 in 100 of its 84 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 39 in 100 of its 84 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 64 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 39 in 100 of its 84 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Maldives: 58 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)
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 23 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 59 in 100 of its 152 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Belarus 55 in 100 of its 210 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Sri Lanka 55 in 100 of its 196 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Palestine 64 in 100 of its 76 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Taiwan 55 in 100 of its 164 stories · mostly health ● Bangladesh 55 in 100 of its 155 stories · mostly health

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

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health50% 9,919 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 4,266 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents9% 1,794 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 1,573 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 826 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 559 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 510 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 282 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 killed4,923 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,523 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,479 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured827 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees166 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced111 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations81 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sri Lanka Stories reporting people falling ill42 at about twice the usual rate · most about China and the US

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 softer than 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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