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9,437 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 Afrin, protests in Tunis (Tunisia) and evacuations in China drew the news. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 48 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAlgeria 69 in 100 of its 54 stories, usually 33
RegionEast Asia 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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

Syria

51 of its 75 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Afrin accounted for 30 of Syria's 51 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (32 stories). 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.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Afrin stories →
Protests & strikes

Tunisia

14 of its 22 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tunis accounted for 14 of Tunisia's 14 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. 9 of Tunis' 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Tunis stories →
Health

China

454 of its 1,048 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Gas explosion was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

China over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Nicaragua

22 of its 25 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Algeria

37 of its 54 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 16 of Algiers' 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Côte d’Ivoire

9 of its 16 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Switzerland

36 of its 100 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). 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

Peru

24 of its 53 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Lima accounted for 20 of Peru's 24 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

28 of its 74 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 12 of Mongkok's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Health

Australia

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Power cuts were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Israel (79 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Australia (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in UK (28 of its stories, about three times its usual); ebola in US (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 9,437 stories about harm among 40,813 counted on 13 Jun.

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Israel's news mentioned Covid about 4 times as often as usual. 23 in every 100 of the day's 40,813 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 24. A year earlier, on 13 June 2020, 35 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. Syria stood out: 68% 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 →

Algeria69 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice Syria68 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan66 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir55 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Taiwan54 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 49 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 150 Washington US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 259 Carbis Bay UK35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91 Lagos Nigeria21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 50 Beijing China20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualMilan, Italy -- health: 15 stories, carried by 18 outletsTehran, Iran -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 22 outletsSouth Carolina, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsVirginia, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 43 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 26 stories, carried by 44 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 20 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 23 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

● Milan Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Tehran Iran about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● South Carolina US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Virginia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Cambridge UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 26 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health48% 4,469 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 1,940 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 993 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 961 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 444 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 200 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 184 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 152 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 killed2,638 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests837 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured665 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected627 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees82 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions69 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced48 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations36 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about China and the US Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and China

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.