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What the world's news said happened to people.
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12,407 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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The day's news pointed at illness in Freetown, violence in Nablus and refugees in Canada. Palestine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostChina 30 in 100 of its 1,014 stories, usually 16
RegionEast Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Sierra Leone

37 of its 77 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Freetown accounted for 31 of Sierra Leone's 37 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Ebola was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with outbreaks. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Sierra Leone over 30 days → its stories → Freetown stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

84 of its 117 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Nablus accounted for 75 of Palestine's 84 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Canada

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Accidents were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Canada over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

China

302 of its 1,014 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Outbreaks were named in 64 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heatwave and storms.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

93 of its 210 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jerusalem accounted for 43 of Israel's 93 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Moscow accounted for 624 of Russia's 911 stories about harm, carried by 892 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Heavy rain was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with power cuts and heatwave. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Denmark

17 of its 48 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Health

Croatia

6 of its 12 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in China (64 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Italy (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Vietnam (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Nigeria (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in India (26 of its stories, about three 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 24 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 12,407 stories about harm among 64,247 counted on 24 Jun.

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The news turned to Sierra Leone for the second day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 64,247 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Sierra Leone's news, mentions of Ebola ran about three times their usual. Sierra Leone stood out: 48% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 31%. On 24 June 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan74 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine72 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Sierra Leone48 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 31 · mostly health Israel44 in 100 of its 210 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh40 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 347 Moscow Russia69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 624 Nablus Palestine31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 75 New Delhi India31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 Manipur India23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 72

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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 readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGermany: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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'sCongo: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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'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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: 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 readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: 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'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Russia about three times as angry as the world's · 911 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 209 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Türkiye few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 22 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 3,389 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Rights & justice22% 2,649 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 2,580 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 1,948 stories · much more than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 520 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 504 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 335 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 269 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 killed3,280 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,367 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,204 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured832 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced146 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about China and India

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 harsher than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.