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18,213 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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Illness in Issyk Kul, arrests in Brazil and violence in Idlib drew the news. Kyrgyzstan's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKyrgyzstan 68 in 100 of its 59 stories, usually 25
RegionCentral Asia 46 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Kyrgyzstan

40 of its 59 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Issyk Kul accounted for 25 of Kyrgyzstan's 40 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Plague was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kyrgyzstan over 30 days → its stories → Issyk Kul stories →
Rights & justice

Brazil

147 of its 292 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

92 of its 130 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Idlib accounted for 33 of Syria's 92 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

North Korea

54 of its 76 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Measles was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

18 of its 18 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Seytenga accounted for 12 of Burkina Faso's 18 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

37 of its 85 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Health

Denmark

34 of its 106 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Displacement

Venezuela

12 of its 33 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Health

Kenya

65 of its 210 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Colombia (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); respiratory illness in Türkiye (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); measles in North Korea (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Spain (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tornadoes in Canada (24 of its stories, about three 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 16 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 18,213 stories about harm among 84,122 counted on 16 Jun.

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In Kyrgyzstan, 68% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 84,122 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Kyrgyzstan. On 16 June 2021, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

North Korea71 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 57 · mostly health Syria71 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia68 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 48 · mostly health Kyrgyzstan68 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 25 · mostly health Kashmir57 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US280 stories about protests or strikes, of its 956 Delhi India81 stories about protests or strikes, of its 231 London UK47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 263 Uvalde US25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137 Los Angeles US25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSingapore: 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'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: 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'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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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'sLibya: too little coverage to readLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: 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'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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: 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'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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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 readVatican City: 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTogo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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 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'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times 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 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 one and a half times 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 · 79 stories about harm ● Kyrgyzstan few stories about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 424 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 18 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 20 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health40% 7,271 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 3,563 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 2,231 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,837 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Food & livelihood9% 1,563 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services3% 606 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 579 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 360 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 killed3,540 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests1,619 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,556 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured713 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting refugees214 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced145 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations101 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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