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19,126 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 plane crash in Malawi, violence in Jammu and people killed in Colombia. Kashmir's coverage was about 6 times as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKuwait 82 in 100 of its 319 stories, usually 14
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 48 in 100 of its stories, usually 46
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

Malawi

76 of its 129 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Mzuzu accounted for 37 of Malawi's 76 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (64 stories). Plane crash was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Malawi over 30 days → its stories → Mzuzu stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

171 of its 237 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jammu accounted for 101 of Kashmir's 171 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Rights & justice

Colombia

35 of its 78 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Kuwait

260 of its 319 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Kuwait City accounted for 114 of Kuwait's 260 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (168 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Netherlands

66 of its 297 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

826 of its 1,122 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Natural hazards were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 17 of Yemen's 44 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Cyprus

22 of its 64 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Antarctica

10 of its 17 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Greece (24 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); earthquake in South Korea (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in South Africa (43 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in Denmark (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Spain (13 of its stories, about 8 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 12 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 19,126 stories about harm among 107,035 counted on 12 Jun.

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The news turned to Malawi for the third day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 107,035 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Malawi, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual. A year earlier, on 13 June 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Kuwait82 in 100 of its 319 stories · usually 14 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel74 in 100 of its 1,122 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir72 in 100 of its 237 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen70 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 66 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan59 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 627 Tinubu Nigeria52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 85 Tel Aviv Israel40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124 Hollywood US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173 Brooklyn US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61

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: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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 readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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 about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about 6 times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 6 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 6 times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 6 times as fearful as the world'sJersey: 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

● Kashmir about 6 times as fearful as the world's · 171 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as angry as the world's · 826 stories about harm ● Malawi about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 76 stories about harm ● Kuwait about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 260 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 164 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 163 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,593 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,568 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 3,013 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,461 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 972 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 923 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 780 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 390 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 killed4,659 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,136 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,315 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions560 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees229 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced212 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Sudan Stories reporting evacuations112 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ireland 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 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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