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10,364 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 news turned to train derailment in Sweden, illness in Mecca and violence in Idlib. Syria's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostSweden 50 in 100 of its 127 stories, usually 23
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

Sweden

63 of its 127 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Stockholm accounted for 51 of Sweden's 63 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Train derailment was named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Stockholm stories →
Health

Saudi Arabia

85 of its 252 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Mecca accounted for 70 of Saudi Arabia's 85 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (39 stories). Outbreaks were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Mecca stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

61 of its 82 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Idlib accounted for 28 of Syria's 61 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Idlib stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Greece

107 of its 247 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Athens accounted for 56 of Greece's 107 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. Covid was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

91 of its 120 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Umm Safa accounted for 83 of Palestine's 91 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

47 of its 58 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Darfur accounted for 27 of Sudan's 47 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

27 of its 43 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Denmark

16 of its 41 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Panama

11 of its 24 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Vietnam (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Greece (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in China (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in India (61 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about 5 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 25 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 10,364 stories about harm among 53,663 counted on 25 Jun.

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Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in Sweden's news. of the day's 53,663 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Sweden stood out: 50% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 23%. On 25 June 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Palestine, on 6 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan81 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine76 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Syria74 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Sweden50 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 23 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan48 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 353 Washington US48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 183 Umm Safa Palestine36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83 Chicago US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145 Manipur India28 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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: 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'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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'sPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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 readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: 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'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: 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 readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry 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 Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Greece about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 107 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● Egypt few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 462 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 91 stories about harm ● Iran 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 →

Health27% 2,729 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Disasters & accidents23% 2,289 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Rights & justice22% 2,259 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,476 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 540 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 328 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 294 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 209 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 killed2,719 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,187 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests938 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured768 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced150 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Russia and Sudan Stories reporting refugees111 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions75 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations74 at about half the usual rate · most about Russia and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about two-thirds of 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 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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