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18,465 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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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Jammu, illness in Pyongyang and people affected in Poland. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful 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 mostKashmir 61 in 100 of its 218 stories, usually 40
RegionOceania 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

Kashmir

132 of its 218 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jammu accounted for 72 of Kashmir's 132 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Health

North Korea

52 of its 89 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Pyongyang accounted for 33 of North Korea's 52 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Illness was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Rights & justice

Poland

33 of its 109 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Bangladesh

124 of its 217 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Dhaka accounted for 85 of Bangladesh's 124 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

32 of its 47 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Drought was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. 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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Conflict & violence

Iraq

194 of its 362 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Australia

556 of its 1,827 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

70 of its 123 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Tigray accounted for 52 of Ethiopia's 70 stories about harm, carried by 222 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

Ramallah accounted for 38 of Palestine's 53 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. 26 of Ramallah's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Somalia (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in New Zealand (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Canada (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); building collapse in US (303 of its stories, about 9 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 28 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 18,465 stories about harm among 80,765 counted on 28 Jun.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 80,765 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 28 June 2020, 34 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Kashmir61 in 100 of its 218 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence North Korea58 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 39 · mostly health Bangladesh57 in 100 of its 217 stories · usually 46 · mostly health Ethiopia57 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine56 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 379 Philadelphia US38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121 New Delhi India34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 218 Jerusalem Israel31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 90 London UK31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 312

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: 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: 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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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 readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 132 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as angry as the world's · 194 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 124 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● New Zealand a little warmer than the world's · 191 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 79 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health48% 8,763 stories · about as usual Rights & justice18% 3,294 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents14% 2,492 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Conflict & violence10% 1,818 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 744 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 505 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 359 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 257 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 killed4,805 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,762 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests1,246 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,059 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees104 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting abductions97 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations87 at about the usual rate 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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