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19,234 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 protests in Madrid (Spain), the drought in Somalia and rights and justice in Tehran. Somalia's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 49 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMalawi 46 in 100 of its 65 stories, usually 27
RegionCentral Asia 39 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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Displacement

Somalia

24 of its 34 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Drought was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

142 of its 337 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tehran accounted for 88 of Iran's 142 stories about harm, carried by 168 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).

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

Hong Kong

70 of its 162 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 5 of Mong Kok's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cambodia

34 of its 64 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 13 of Phnom Penh's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

Mandalay accounted for 19 of Myanmar's 36 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. 15 of Mandalay's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Belarus

Minsk accounted for 46 of Belarus' 64 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Malawi

30 of its 65 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Health

Cuba

40 of its 81 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Outbreaks were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Cuba (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in Ireland (23 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Afghanistan (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Israel (17 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in France (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 19,234 stories about harm among 89,776 counted on 22 Jun.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 24 February 2020. A year earlier, on 22 June 2020, 31 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. In Spain, 28% of the news was about people being harmed, where 18% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 89,776 stories, below the usual 23.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar72 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan63 in 100 of its 263 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Syria54 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq54 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia53 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US167 stories about protests or strikes, of its 807 Jerusalem Israel47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 127 Tehran Iran31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88 Houston US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95 Chicago US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 182

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLebanon: 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'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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: 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 readZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little angrier 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'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFiji: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEstonia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful 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'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as 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 twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little angrier 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

● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Tunisia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 24 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Myanmar few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 36 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health49% 9,341 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 4,349 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents10% 1,911 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,401 stories · less than usual (usually 10%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 652 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 546 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 488 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 334 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 killed4,385 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,761 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,309 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured874 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees151 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions146 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced118 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations103 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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