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What the world's news said happened to people.
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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

how these are picked →
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

usually 18; 19 the day before
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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.

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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 lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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 lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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 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: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readTaiwan: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBenin: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualMichigan, US -- health: 32 stories, carried by 89 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 18 outletsOregon, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsVienna, Austria -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 23 outletsCopenhagen, Denmark -- health: 13 stories, carried by 17 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 64 stories, carried by 40 outletsSanaa, Yemen -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsBristol, UK -- health: 36 stories, carried by 172 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

● Michigan US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 32 stories ● Warsaw Poland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Vienna Austria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Copenhagen Denmark about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories

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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