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20,217 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, protests in Baghdad (Iraq) and arrests in Nicaragua drew the news. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 50 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSyria 62 in 100 of its 122 stories, usually 47
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

163 of its 228 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Kabul accounted for 56 of Afghanistan's 163 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

53 of its 90 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Baghdad accounted for 30 of Iraq's 53 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 15 of Baghdad's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Rights & justice

Nicaragua

29 of its 44 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Haiti

17 of its 28 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Covid was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

34 of its 35 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Srebrenica accounted for 28 of Bosnia's 34 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

76 of its 122 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Damascus accounted for 43 of Syria's 76 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

South Korea

95 of its 365 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Building collapse was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Colombia

5 of Bogota's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Denmark

30 of its 89 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Health

Australia

Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (96 stories). Heavy rain was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms and respiratory illness.

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Also named far more than usual: building collapse in South Korea (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Thailand (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in India (100 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (22 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Russia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 20,217 stories about harm among 92,942 counted on 9 Jun.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 24 February 2020. Haiti's news mentioned Covid about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 9 June 2020, 33 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. of the day's 92,942 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 25.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 228 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Syria62 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq59 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan55 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia47 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 45 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US177 stories about protests or strikes, of its 872 Beijing China56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 165 Moscow Russia49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124 London UK32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 357 Jerusalem Israel31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 99

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more fearful than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Bosnia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 163 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 76 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 27 stories about harm ● Colombia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 28 stories about harm ● Tunisia few stories about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 36 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health50% 9,926 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 4,290 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents10% 1,973 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 1,649 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 844 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 558 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 475 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 278 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 killed4,785 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests1,708 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,369 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured909 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees161 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced101 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Burkina Faso Stories reporting evacuations70 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about two-thirds of 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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