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18,021 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 violence in Kidal, illness in Kabul and heavy rain in Indonesia. Mali's coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKashmir 68 in 100 of its 196 stories, usually 54
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

Mali

29 of its 37 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Kidal accounted for 18 of Mali's 29 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Kidal stories →
Health

Afghanistan

89 of its 144 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Kabul accounted for 64 of Afghanistan's 89 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (31 stories). Covid was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with polio.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Heavy rain was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Kashmir

133 of its 196 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Jammu accounted for 69 of Kashmir's 133 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

37 of its 57 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Jenin accounted for 44 of Palestine's 66 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken 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

Tunisia

33 of its 62 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

North Korea

53 of its 71 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Pyongyang accounted for 35 of North Korea's 53 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets.

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Health

Vietnam

69 of its 196 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in China (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); helicopter crash in Ireland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Ukraine (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); typhoon in UK (20 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 2 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 18,021 stories about harm among 82,111 counted on 2 Jun.

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Afghanistan's news mentioned Covid about 4 times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 82,111 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Mali, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 49% is usual. On 2 June 2021, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

North Korea75 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 62 · mostly health Kashmir68 in 100 of its 196 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda65 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan62 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 50 · mostly health Palestine59 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 793 London UK79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 317 Uvalde US79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 681 Islamabad Pakistan35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 64 Los Angeles US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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'sSaudi Arabia: 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 readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 twice as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: 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'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritius: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: 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'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken 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 about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sMonaco: coverage a little more fearful 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 about three times as fearful as the world's · 133 stories about harm ● Palestine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 66 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 423 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 33 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health40% 7,141 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 3,380 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,645 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 1,956 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 1,137 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 763 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 474 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 343 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 killed4,614 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,496 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,358 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees207 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced192 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions100 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations86 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people falling ill19 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria

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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