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16,156 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 protests in Yangon (Myanmar), people injured in Mali and train derailment in Germany. Mali'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 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 35 in 100 of its 217 stories, usually 20
RegionCentral Asia 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

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

26 of its 34 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Yangon accounted for 17 of Myanmar's 26 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. 12 of Yangon's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

30 of its 37 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Germany

158 of its 540 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (56 stories). Train derailment was named in 65 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Germany over 30 days → its stories →
Health

China

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Hurricane was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Kashmir

97 of its 148 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Jammu accounted for 59 of Kashmir's 97 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

New Zealand

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Flu was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

75 of its 217 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 17 of Riyadh's 30 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Health

Kyrgyzstan

18 of its 41 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Displacement

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 27 of Afghanistan's 54 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flu in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in US (214 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in UK (17 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 3 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 16,156 stories about harm among 72,898 counted on 3 Jun.

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Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in Germany's news. of the day's 72,898 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Myanmar stood out: 76% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 57%. A year earlier, on 3 June 2021, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Kashmir66 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Syria56 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan50 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 51 · mostly displacement North Korea49 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 62 · mostly health Sri Lanka47 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 47 · mostly food & livelihood

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 703 Uvalde US70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 634 London UK49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 212 Beijing China27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84 Los Angeles US24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 131

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualSanaa, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 34 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 17 outletsBoothbay, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsCanberra, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 58 outletsBengaluru, India -- health: 24 stories, carried by 16 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 37 stories, carried by 10 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Sanaa Yemen about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Arizona US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 29 stories ● Boothbay US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Canberra Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Bengaluru India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 24 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health40% 6,399 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 3,035 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,248 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 1,820 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,113 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 654 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 439 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 276 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 killed4,162 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,189 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,182 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,081 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees205 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced158 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions93 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations68 at about half the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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