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17,788 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 Afrin, arrests in Nicaragua and people affected in Kuwait. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 48 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTürkiye 46 in 100 of its 250 stories, usually 33
RegionOceania 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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 86 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Afrin accounted for 27 of Syria's 51 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Afrin stories →
Rights & justice

Nicaragua

26 of its 30 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Kuwait

31 of its 63 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Kuwait over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Yemen

35 of its 46 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with covid. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Myanmar

51 of its 62 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. 19 of Aung Hlaing's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Covid was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding.

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Protests & strikes

Algeria

19 of its 38 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 6 of Algiers' 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

Minsk accounted for 31 of Belarus' 46 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. 19 of Minsk's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

114 of its 250 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Health

Mexico

176 of its 457 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Hurricane was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with tropical storm and heavy rain.

its stories →
Health

Saudi Arabia

68 of its 193 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Myanmar (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (34 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); power cuts in Australia (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); gas explosion in China (13 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 14 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 17,788 stories about harm among 79,272 counted on 14 Jun.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Syria. of the day's 79,272 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 24. Myanmar's news mentioned Covid about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 14 June 2020, 35 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. In Syria, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 50% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar82 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 69 · mostly rights & justice Syria59 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine53 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Nepal51 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 49 · mostly health Afghanistan50 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 562 Jerusalem Israel71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 162 Moscow Russia44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111 Minneapolis US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 55 London UK26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 350

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: 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'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNiger: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: 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'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than 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 more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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

● Iraq few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 294 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 11 stories about harm ● Tunisia few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 18 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health48% 8,505 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 3,624 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 1,883 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,524 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 781 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 483 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 471 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 318 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 killed4,307 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,383 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,237 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,079 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced103 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia Stories reporting evacuations103 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill13 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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