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15,961 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 violence in Tel Aviv and Darfur and rights and justice in Lilongwe. Israel's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKashmir 70 in 100 of its 193 stories, usually 31
RegionOceania 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Israel

1,124 of its 1,526 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Tel Aviv accounted for 319 of Israel's 1,124 stories about harm, carried by 392 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (723 stories). Storms were named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Tel Aviv stories →
Displacement

Sudan

82 of its 104 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Darfur accounted for 35 of Sudan's 82 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Rights & justice

Malawi

105 of its 219 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Lilongwe accounted for 50 of Malawi's 105 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories).

Malawi over 30 days → its stories → Lilongwe stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

135 of its 193 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Jammu accounted for 90 of Kashmir's 135 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

105 of its 375 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories).

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Health

Saudi Arabia

45 of its 243 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Covid was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 161 of Palestine's 195 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Saudi Arabia (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Vietnam (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Switzerland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Russia (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in UK (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 15,961 stories about harm among 91,759 counted on 10 Jun.

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It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Israel. of the day's 91,759 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US. In Saudi Arabia's news, mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan79 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 70 · mostly displacement Israel74 in 100 of its 1,526 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir70 in 100 of its 193 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine64 in 100 of its 306 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen64 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 431 Tel Aviv Israel70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 319 Gaza Palestine41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 161 London UK35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191 Delhi India27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 192

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 lessNiue: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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 lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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: 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 lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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 lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: too little coverage to readHeard & 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUkraine: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualTennessee, US -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 20 outletsBrighton, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 30 stories, carried by 16 outletsQuebec, Canada -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsKansas, US -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 20 outletsLakki Marwat, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 26 outletsManipur, India -- conflict & violence: 45 stories, carried by 41 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 14 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

● Tennessee US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 20 stories ● Brighton UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 30 stories ● Quebec Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Kansas US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 4,625 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,797 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,444 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence15% 2,302 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 841 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 639 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 594 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 360 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 killed3,989 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,067 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,555 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,465 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions998 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees268 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced209 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Sudan Stories reporting evacuations100 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill27 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Kenya

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 softer 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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