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18,277 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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Violence in Jenin, arrests in Greece and people killed in Croatia drew the news. Ecuador's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK →
Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostDominican Republic 77 in 100 of its 78 stories, usually 19
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Conflict & violence

Palestine

207 of its 243 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Jenin accounted for 178 of Palestine's 207 stories about harm, carried by 417 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (175 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Jenin stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

142 of its 312 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Croatia

22 of its 58 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Uganda

137 of its 212 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Mpondwe accounted for 65 of Uganda's 137 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry 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

Tunisia

35 of its 76 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Tunis accounted for 30 of Tunisia's 35 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Russia

273 of its 803 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Poisoning was named in 59 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Food poisoning was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake and cholera. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Dominican Republic

60 of its 78 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

27 of its 36 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Hurricane was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tropical storm.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Puerto Rico (24 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in France (52 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Brazil (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (59 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); covid in Iraq (12 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 18,277 stories about harm among 98,284 counted on 19 Jun.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. of the day's 98,284 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Puerto Rico's news mentioned the hurricane about three times as often as usual. On 19 June 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today. In Palestine, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 55% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine85 in 100 of its 243 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Dominican Republic77 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 19 · mostly health Uganda65 in 100 of its 212 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Syria61 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan60 in 100 of its 237 stories · usually 70 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US81 stories about protests or strikes, of its 359 Jenin Palestine77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 178 London UK39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 322 Manipur India33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 75 New York US28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 193

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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 readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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 readSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: 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 readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: 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'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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer 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 three times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalta: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGrenada: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBenin: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChristmas Island: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGibraltar: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Ecuador few stories about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Uganda about three times as angry as the world's · 137 stories about harm ● Dominican Republic about twice as fearful as the world's · 60 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 207 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 357 stories about harm ● Croatia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 22 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 5,529 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 3,899 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,663 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence11% 1,961 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 923 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 837 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 642 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 531 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 killed4,633 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,253 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,870 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,533 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees304 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced220 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations168 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions146 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill40 at about three times 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 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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