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19,153 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 train derailment in Sweden, violence in Idlib and illness in Hanoi. Sweden's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSweden 44 in 100 of its 248 stories, usually 24
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

109 of its 248 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Stockholm accounted for 78 of Sweden's 109 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (61 stories). Train derailment was named in 65 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 →
Conflict & violence

Syria

65 of its 85 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Idlib accounted for 30 of Syria's 65 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Idlib stories →
Health

Vietnam

204 of its 603 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Hanoi accounted for 132 of Vietnam's 204 stories about harm, carried by 6 outlets. HIV was named in 54 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with malaria and tuberculosis.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → Hanoi stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

414 of its 1,522 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Oil spill was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Honduras

37 of its 44 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Choloma accounted for 27 of Honduras' 37 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

Saudi Arabia

104 of its 401 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Outbreaks were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Health

Indonesia

68 of its 226 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

88 of its 112 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Khartoum accounted for 36 of Sudan's 88 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Croatia

17 of its 48 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Chile

19 of its 56 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: covid in Greece (39 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in Kashmir (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Saudi Arabia (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in India (116 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Germany (10 of its stories, more than ten 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 26 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 19,153 stories about harm among 102,216 counted on 26 Jun.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Sweden. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 102,216 stories, as usual. On 26 June 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 19 today. In Sweden, 44% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan79 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Syria76 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine63 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar55 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq47 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 521 Washington US67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 449 San Francisco US42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 150 Chicago US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228 Manipur India35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 105

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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: 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 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 lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualAthens, Greece -- disasters & accidents: 61 stories, carried by 126 outletsSonneberg, Germany -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 40 outletsBallycroneen, Ireland -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsNew Orleans, US -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 38 outletsZurich, Switzerland -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 18 stories, carried by 23 outletsSalt Lake City, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 65 outletsXinjiang, China -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsGlastonbury, UK -- health: 43 stories, carried by 140 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

● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Athens Greece about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 61 stories ● Sonneberg Germany about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Ballycroneen Ireland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● New Orleans US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories ● Zurich Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 5,888 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 4,126 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 3,623 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,217 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,038 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 815 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 718 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 401 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 killed4,965 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,922 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,715 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,295 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees216 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced186 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations147 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions102 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and China

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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