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20,773 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 protests in Paris (France), people displaced in Chisinau and the hurricane in Mexico. Mexico's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMoldova 53 in 100 of its 78 stories, usually 14
RegionSoutheast Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

France

574 of its 1,591 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Paris accounted for 428 of France's 574 stories about harm, carried by 736 outlets. 347 of Paris' 428 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (360 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Displacement

Moldova

41 of its 78 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Chisinau accounted for 39 of Moldova's 41 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Moldova over 30 days → its stories → Chisinau stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

165 of its 458 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (95 stories). Hurricane was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heatstroke, tropical storm and meningitis. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 51 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Sweden

147 of its 366 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Stockholm accounted for 106 of Sweden's 147 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. 69 of Stockholm's 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Cuba

28 of its 59 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Havana accounted for 21 of Cuba's 28 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

64 of its 195 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tsunami.

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Protests & strikes

Albania

7 of its 14 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 4 of Tirana's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Thailand

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Poisoning was named in 11 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. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

36 of its 52 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Vietnam (43 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in Thailand (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in South Africa (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 20,773 stories about harm among 113,312 counted on 30 Jun.

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The news turned to France for the third day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 113,312 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Pakistan's news, mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual. France stood out: 36% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. On 30 June 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali69 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan65 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine56 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Syria56 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan53 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 47 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France347 stories about protests or strikes, of its 428 Washington US284 stories about protests or strikes, of its 922 Stockholm Sweden69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 Hollywood US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 233 Manipur India40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 77

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: 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 readOman: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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 lessLibya: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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 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: 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 lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readHong 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: 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: too little coverage to readGaza: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 28 outletsHiroshima, Japan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 24 outletsWisconsin, US -- disasters & accidents: 17 stories, carried by 17 outletsColorado, US -- rights & justice: 145 stories, carried by 259 outletsPortrush, UK -- displacement: 10 stories, carried by 15 outletsTigray, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 35 stories, carried by 27 outletsAdelaide, Australia -- health: 15 stories, carried by 16 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

● Ukraine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Russia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Pakistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bamako Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Hiroshima Japan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Wisconsin US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 17 stories ● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 145 stories ● Portrush UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 6,308 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 5,405 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents17% 3,457 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence10% 1,941 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,041 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,012 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 789 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 464 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 killed4,564 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,065 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,877 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured1,142 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting refugees221 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced168 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and Sudan Stories reporting abductions143 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations130 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill24 at about the usual rate

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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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.