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19,968 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 protests in Nairobi (Kenya), people killed in Rwanda and arrests in Mali. Kenya's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostKenya 63 in 100 of its 802 stories, usually 28
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Kenya

507 of its 802 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Nairobi accounted for 359 of Kenya's 507 stories about harm, carried by 425 outlets. 334 of Nairobi's 359 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (215 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Health

Rwanda

19 of its 38 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Mali

33 of its 44 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

311 of its 978 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Niger

17 of its 26 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

South Africa

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Poisoning was named in 10 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.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Bulgaria

29 of its 69 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

23 of its 87 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Colombia

31 of its 77 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cholera in Nigeria (47 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Haiti (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Nepal (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in South Africa (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Canada (17 of its stories, about 6 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 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 19,968 stories about harm among 108,132 counted on 26 Jun.

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For the fourth day running, the news turned to Kenya. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 108,132 stories, as usual. Kenya's news was 63% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. A year earlier, on 27 June 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan69 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 68 · mostly rights & justice Kenya63 in 100 of its 802 stories · usually 28 · mostly rights & justice Palestine61 in 100 of its 281 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Syria59 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Israel58 in 100 of its 1,085 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Nairobi Kenya334 stories about protests or strikes, of its 359 Washington US134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 676 London UK78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 443 Manhattan US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 167 Los Angeles US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 219

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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 lessPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: 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 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessItaly: 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: 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 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBosnia 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readSyria: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualSamoa: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: 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 usualDoha, Qatar -- health: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsNew Jersey, US -- health: 24 stories, carried by 82 outletsBasingstoke, UK -- health: 22 stories, carried by 19 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 29 stories, carried by 13 outletsWisconsin, US -- health: 24 stories, carried by 29 outletsGlastonbury, UK -- health: 45 stories, carried by 66 outletsDubbo, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 70 outletsMontreal, Canada -- health: 30 stories, carried by 50 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

● Doha Qatar about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● New Jersey US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 24 stories ● Basingstoke UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 29 stories ● Wisconsin US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 24 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 6,043 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice27% 5,360 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents16% 3,165 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,304 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 924 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 783 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 597 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 375 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 killed4,736 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,212 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,979 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,238 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions358 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees209 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced208 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations204 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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