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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

how these are picked →
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.

its stories →
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).

its stories →
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).

its stories →

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.

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: too little coverage to readJapan: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 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 readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualWellington, New Zealand -- health: 21 stories, carried by 12 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 36 stories, carried by 27 outletsPrince George, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 42 outletsGeorgia, US -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 24 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 61 stories, carried by 25 outletsTinubu, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 85 stories, carried by 40 outletsCincinnati, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 14 outletsYerevan, Armenia -- conflict & violence: 20 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

● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Edinburgh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 36 stories ● Prince George Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 16 stories ● Georgia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 61 stories

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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