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13,195 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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Protests in Dakar (Senegal), train derailment in India and violence in Jerusalem drew the news. India's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about India and the US →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostIndia 41 in 100 of its 5,226 stories, usually 17
RegionSouth Asia 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Senegal

55 of its 71 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Dakar accounted for 50 of Senegal's 55 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. 36 of Dakar's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Disasters & accidents

India

2,122 of its 5,226 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,186 stories). Train derailment was named in 927 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

India over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Vietnam

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Heatwave was named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with train derailment. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Egypt

59 of its 165 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Poisoning was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with respiratory illness. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 67 of Ukraine's 122 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Lebanon

20 of its 43 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 6 of Beirut's 12 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Kuwait

10 of its 32 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Tanzania

9 of its 19 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Japan (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (24 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in Türkiye (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in Australia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in US (92 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

20 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 13,195 stories about harm among 65,134 counted on 3 Jun.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 19 March 2023. 20 in every 100 of the day's 65,134 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. For the third day running, the news turned to Senegal. People injured were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about India and the US. Senegal's news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 40%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Senegal77 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 40 · mostly rights & justice Sudan62 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Israel60 in 100 of its 325 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine54 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 61 · mostly displacement Ethiopia41 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 32 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 395 Beijing China58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130 Los Angeles US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186 Dakar Senegal36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 50 London UK34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 153

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: 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'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice 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'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half 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

● India about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 2,122 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 195 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 179 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Senegal about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 55 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 194 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 3,450 stories · much less than usual (usually 32%) Disasters & accidents25% 3,306 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Rights & justice23% 2,982 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,321 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 743 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 431 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 421 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 328 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 killed4,031 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting people injured1,967 at about three times the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting arrests1,391 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,362 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations190 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting refugees154 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced116 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions76 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about twice the usual rate · most about India and the US

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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