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What the world's news said happened to people.
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19,405 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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Tornadoes in the Czechia, protests in Hebron (Palestine) and violence in Tehran drew the news. Germany's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 47 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCzechia 60 in 100 of its 117 stories, usually 16
RegionOceania 28 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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Disasters & accidents

Czechia

70 of its 117 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Hodonin accounted for 32 of the Czechia's 70 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Tornadoes were named in 60 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts and storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories → Hodonin stories →
Protests & strikes

Palestine

66 of its 89 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Hebron accounted for 37 of Palestine's 66 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. 33 of Hebron's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Hebron stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

102 of its 225 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tehran accounted for 67 of Iran's 102 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (48 stories).

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Health

Germany

191 of its 650 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Ethiopia

Tigray accounted for 69 of Ethiopia's 84 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (26 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.

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Health

Sri Lanka

Colombo accounted for 41 of Sri Lanka's 58 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

23 of its 33 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories).

its stories →
Health

Cyprus

17 of its 30 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Malta

35 of its 108 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Bhutan

9 of its 15 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Israel (41 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Japan (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); building collapse in US (323 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Canada (30 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

23 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 25 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 19,405 stories about harm among 85,983 counted on 25 Jun.

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Czechia stood out: 60% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 16%. 23 in every 100 of the day's 85,983 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In the Czechia's news, mentions of tornadoes ran more than ten times their usual. On 25 June 2020, a year earlier, the share was 31 in every 100, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine74 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 281 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Czechia60 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 16 · mostly disasters & accidents Ethiopia52 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda52 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 41 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 738 Minneapolis US59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 229 Beijing China39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 123 London UK38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 314 Miami US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 668

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: 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: near the world's share or lessCayman 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 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: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: 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 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 lessRussia: 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 lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: 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 lessNorth Korea: 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 storiesMorocco: 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 lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: 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 lessKyrgyzstan: 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 lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGuinea: 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 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 lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: no storiesEl Salvador: 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 lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesColombia: 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 lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: 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 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 lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: near the world's share or lessSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 33 in 100 of its 161 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Zambia: 38 in 100 of its 45 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Yemen: 77 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Vietnam: 30 in 100 of its 168 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Venezuela: 48 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Uganda: 52 in 100 of its 83 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Türkiye: 33 in 100 of its 184 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Tunisia: 46 in 100 of its 65 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Thailand: 36 in 100 of its 156 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Taiwan: 32 in 100 of its 139 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Syria: 47 in 100 of its 79 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Sudan: 48 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Sri Lanka: 46 in 100 of its 127 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Somalia: 43 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Saudi Arabia: 32 in 100 of its 95 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Rwanda: 45 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Philippines: 42 in 100 of its 519 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Paraguay: 55 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Pakistan: 38 in 100 of its 684 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Nigeria: 29 in 100 of its 1,007 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Nicaragua: 62 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Nepal: 54 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Namibia: 37 in 100 of its 43 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Mozambique: 60 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Malta: 32 in 100 of its 108 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Mali: 70 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Madagascar: 53 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Liberia: 48 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Lebanon: 35 in 100 of its 99 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Israel: 46 in 100 of its 463 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 74 in 100 of its 89 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Iraq: 34 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Iran: 45 in 100 of its 225 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Indonesia: 43 in 100 of its 150 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)India: 30 in 100 of its 3,730 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Iceland: 46 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Hungary: 35 in 100 of its 108 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Haiti: 44 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Guatemala: 50 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Germany: 29 in 100 of its 650 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Fiji: 43 in 100 of its 81 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Ethiopia: 52 in 100 of its 160 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Eritrea: 71 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Egypt: 35 in 100 of its 139 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Czechia: 60 in 100 of its 117 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Cyprus: 57 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Cuba: 36 in 100 of its 50 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)DR Congo: 55 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Congo: 67 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)China: 29 in 100 of its 1,841 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Hong Kong: 41 in 100 of its 150 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Cambodia: 37 in 100 of its 43 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Myanmar: 64 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Burkina Faso: 67 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Bhutan: 60 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Bangladesh: 45 in 100 of its 145 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Afghanistan: 61 in 100 of its 281 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 48 in 100 of its 150 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)China: 29 in 100 of its 1,841 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 74 in 100 of its 89 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 74 in 100 of its 89 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 48 in 100 of its 150 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 48 in 100 of its 150 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 74 in 100 of its 89 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 48 in 100 of its 150 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Gibraltar: 55 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)
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 23 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

● Palestine 74 in 100 of its 89 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Afghanistan 61 in 100 of its 281 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Czechia 60 in 100 of its 117 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Ethiopia 52 in 100 of its 160 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Israel 46 in 100 of its 463 stories · mostly health ● Kashmir 48 in 100 of its 150 stories · mostly conflict & violence

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

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health47% 8,908 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 4,289 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 2,352 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 1,589 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 723 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 520 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 429 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 324 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 killed4,658 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,916 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests1,841 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,020 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees137 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions109 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about the usual rate

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.