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22,481 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 the hypothermia in Greece, violence in Darfur and people injured in Japan. Japan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGreece 52 in 100 of its 466 stories, usually 17
RegionCentral Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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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Disasters & accidents

Greece

243 of its 466 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Kalamata accounted for 139 of Greece's 243 stories about harm, carried by 258 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Hypothermia was named in 72 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Kalamata stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

122 of its 153 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Darfur accounted for 44 of Sudan's 122 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Rights & justice

Japan

254 of its 1,325 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Japan over 30 days → its stories →
Health

UK

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Heatwave was named in 59 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Ukraine

462 of its 1,045 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (52 stories). Drought was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

39 of its 98 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Yeraskh accounted for 36 of Armenia's 39 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

82 of its 150 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Beirut accounted for 37 of Lebanon's 82 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

73 of its 143 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Earthquake was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Niger

19 of its 34 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Kwara accounted for 16 of Niger's 19 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories). Cyclone was named in 111 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts, hurricane and storm surge. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Pakistan (111 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Kashmir (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (271 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Uganda (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Trinidad & Tobago (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 22,481 stories about harm among 124,312 counted on 14 Jun.

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In Greece, 52% of the news was about people being harmed, where 17% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 124,312 stories, as usual. On 14 June 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan80 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan56 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 46 · mostly displacement Lebanon55 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine54 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Syria54 in 100 of its 182 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 682 Miami US78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 205 London UK70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 373 Moscow Russia43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113 Kalamata Greece36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 139

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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: too little coverage to readJapan: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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: 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 lessArgentina: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: 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 readMalaysia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualTaylor Hill, US -- other: 20 stories, carried by 20 outletsSuva, Fiji -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsVermont, US -- disasters & accidents: 17 stories, carried by 19 outletsMonash, Australia -- health: 11 stories, carried by 43 outletsMarsa Alam, Egypt -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 20 outletsKuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- rights & justice: 31 stories, carried by 27 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 25 stories, carried by 17 outletsNairobi, Kenya -- health: 23 stories, carried by 13 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

● Malaysia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Taylor Hill US about twice as warm as the day's news · other · 20 stories ● Suva Fiji about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories ● Vermont US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 17 stories ● Monash Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Marsa Alam Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 6,634 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 5,465 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 4,045 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 2,179 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,176 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,172 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 846 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 563 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 killed5,117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,651 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,302 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,436 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations363 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees341 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced305 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions182 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill19 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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