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15,500 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 deaths in Tolima, snowstorms in Norway and people killed in South Africa. South Africa's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostColombia 71 in 100 of its 125 stories, usually 32
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Colombia

89 of its 125 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tolima accounted for 38 of Colombia's 89 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Tolima stories →
Conflict & violence

Norway

88 of its 164 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Oslo accounted for 60 of Norway's 88 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (52 stories). Snowstorms were named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Norway over 30 days → its stories → Oslo stories →
Health

South Africa

374 of its 843 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (213 stories). Poisoning was named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Ecuador

42 of its 70 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Quito accounted for 32 of Ecuador's 42 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. 29 of Quito's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Quito stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Jordan

81 of its 153 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Aqaba accounted for 59 of Jordan's 81 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (60 stories).

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Rights & justice

Cameroon

21 of its 34 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Netherlands

47 of its 182 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Tornadoes were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Spain

98 of its 422 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Morocco

20 of its 62 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Australia

53 of Sydney's 88 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Drought was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: tornadoes in Netherlands (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatstroke in Japan (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in Pakistan (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Australia (13 of its stories, about three times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 15,500 stories about harm among 72,322 counted on 27 Jun.

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Mentions of snowstorms ran more than ten times their usual in Norway's news. of the day's 72,322 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Colombia stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%. A year earlier, on 27 June 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Colombia71 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 32 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 66 · mostly disasters & accidents Ecuador60 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 47 · mostly food & livelihood Kashmir56 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Norway54 in 100 of its 164 stories · usually 28 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 454 Sydney Australia53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88 Los Angeles US45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 144 London UK38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 219 Moscow Russia35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 163

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'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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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'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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: 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'sGuinea: 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'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times 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'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● South Africa about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 374 stories about harm ● Cameroon few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 21 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 442 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 89 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 206 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health39% 6,042 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 3,106 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 1,899 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,731 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,081 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 804 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 356 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 291 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 killed3,643 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,254 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,248 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,241 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting refugees134 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the UK Stories reporting evacuations115 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions88 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill16 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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