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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.

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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.

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 lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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 lessKyrgyzstan: 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 lessJordan: 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 lessIsrael: 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 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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 lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKulgam, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsNorth Waziristan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsHawaii, US -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 24 outletsPerth, Australia -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsCanberra, Australia -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsIstanbul, Türkiye -- rights & justice: 35 stories, carried by 160 outletsOslo, Norway -- conflict & violence: 60 stories, carried by 142 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

● Kulgam Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● North Waziristan Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Hawaii US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 24 stories ● Perth Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

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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