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18,556 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 heavy rain in the Czechia, protests in la Paz (Bolivia) and violence in Beirut. Lebanon's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPeru 58 in 100 of its 111 stories, usually 15
RegionCentral Asia 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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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Disasters & accidents

Czechia

30 of its 89 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Prague accounted for 27 of the Czechia's 30 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Heavy rain was named in 12 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.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories → Prague stories →
Protests & strikes

Bolivia

82 of its 140 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. la Paz accounted for 50 of Bolivia's 82 stories about harm, carried by 232 outlets. 33 of la Paz's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (65 stories).

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

Kenya

181 of its 421 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Nairobi accounted for 108 of Kenya's 181 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. 86 of Nairobi's 108 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Peru

64 of its 111 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Earthquake was named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami and landslides.

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Disasters & accidents

Mongolia

20 of its 54 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Covid was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms.

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Disasters & accidents

India

1,344 of its 5,098 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (323 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 137 of Palestine's 218 stories about harm, carried by 180 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Haiti

37 of its 58 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Peru (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Mexico (39 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Mongolia (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); dengue in Indonesia (10 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); flooding in France (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 18,556 stories about harm among 104,546 counted on 28 Jun.

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Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Peru's news. of the day's 104,546 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Czechia stood out: 34% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 21%. A year earlier, on 29 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 →

Sudan81 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti64 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 43 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine62 in 100 of its 349 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Israel61 in 100 of its 832 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Bolivia59 in 100 of its 140 stories · usually 26 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US277 stories about protests or strikes, of its 741 Nairobi Kenya86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 108 London UK57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254 Delhi India56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 580 Grants Pass US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 93

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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 readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSuriname: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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

● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 510 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 19 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 65 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 149 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 113 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,476 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,521 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 3,139 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 2,031 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Food & livelihood5% 864 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 839 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 807 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 457 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 killed3,891 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,136 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,104 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,213 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions321 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees198 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations174 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced159 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Sudan Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about half the usual rate · most about the UK and the US

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
● 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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