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11,280 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 news turned to people killed in Brazil, rights and justice in Tehran and tornadoes in New Zealand. Brazil's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 44 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBrazil 62 in 100 of its 120 stories, usually 27
RegionCentral Asia 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
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

Brazil

74 of its 120 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (55 stories). Flu was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

200 of its 445 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 140 of Iran's 200 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. Landslides were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

66 of its 213 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Tornadoes were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

New Zealand over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Russia

191 of its 451 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Moscow accounted for 99 of Russia's 191 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Guinea

32 of its 35 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Ebola was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with outbreaks.

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Rights & justice

Hong Kong

38 of its 65 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Lai Chi Kok accounted for 26 of Hong Kong's 38 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories).

its stories →
Food & livelihood

North Korea

23 of its 35 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Typhoon was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Health

Tunisia

19 of its 30 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Uganda

34 of its 68 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kampala accounted for 26 of Uganda's 34 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Guinea (30 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); typhoon in North Korea (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Nepal (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tropical storm in US (250 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Australia (10 of its stories, about three 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 19 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 11,280 stories about harm among 46,604 counted on 19 Jun.

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Brazil stood out: 62% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. 24 in every 100 of the day's 46,604 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Guinea's news, mentions of Ebola ran about 5 times their usual. On 19 June 2020, a year earlier, the share was 31 in every 100, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Brazil62 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 27 · mostly health Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 140 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong58 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 32 · mostly rights & justice Indonesia57 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 38 · mostly health Taiwan55 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 47 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 438 Tehran Iran54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 Chicago US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111 Delhi India36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 193 Texas US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: no storiesUzbekistan: 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: near the world's share or lessUnited 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 lessTrinidad & Tobago: 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 lessSudan: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomalia: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: no storiesSlovenia: 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: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: 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 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: no storiesOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: 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 lessMauritius: 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 lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: no storiesLuxembourg: 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 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 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 lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGuatemala: 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 lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: 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 lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesChina: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: 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 lessBelarus: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessSiachen Glacier: near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessVatican City: no storiesMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: no storiesTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: no storiesSan 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 lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: near the world's share or lessSint 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 107 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Yemen: 82 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Vietnam: 37 in 100 of its 104 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Venezuela: 50 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Uganda: 50 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Tunisia: 63 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Thailand: 42 in 100 of its 90 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Taiwan: 55 in 100 of its 92 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Syria: 54 in 100 of its 39 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Sri Lanka: 39 in 100 of its 61 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)South Africa: 31 in 100 of its 343 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Singapore: 37 in 100 of its 106 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Rwanda: 52 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Russia: 42 in 100 of its 451 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Poland: 40 in 100 of its 53 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Philippines: 40 in 100 of its 267 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Pakistan: 33 in 100 of its 572 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)North Korea: 66 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Nigeria: 32 in 100 of its 637 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Nicaragua: 58 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Nepal: 55 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Malaysia: 32 in 100 of its 266 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Malawi: 56 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Lebanon: 44 in 100 of its 81 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kyrgyzstan: 75 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Israel: 42 in 100 of its 211 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Iraq: 57 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Iran: 45 in 100 of its 445 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Indonesia: 57 in 100 of its 83 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)India: 33 in 100 of its 2,736 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Guyana: 41 in 100 of its 39 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Guinea: 91 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Ethiopia: 41 in 100 of its 94 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Côte d’Ivoire: 89 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Colombia: 59 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Hong Kong: 58 in 100 of its 65 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Cambodia: 65 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Myanmar: 74 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Brazil: 62 in 100 of its 120 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Bangladesh: 50 in 100 of its 139 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Afghanistan: 61 in 100 of its 140 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)
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 24 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 61 in 100 of its 140 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Brazil 62 in 100 of its 120 stories · mostly health ● Taiwan 55 in 100 of its 92 stories · mostly health ● Indonesia 57 in 100 of its 83 stories · mostly health ● Hong Kong 58 in 100 of its 65 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Bangladesh 50 in 100 of its 139 stories · mostly health

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

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health44% 4,923 stories · less than usual (usually 49%) Rights & justice23% 2,560 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents13% 1,490 stories · more than usual (usually 10%) Conflict & violence8% 866 stories · less than usual (usually 10%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 586 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 292 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 232 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 225 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 killed3,057 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests921 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected834 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured611 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees140 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions95 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced79 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations48 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan

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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