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10,849 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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Storms in Barbados, rights and justice in la Paz and protests in Nairobi (Kenya) drew the news. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBarbados 75 in 100 of its 134 stories, usually 14
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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

Barbados

100 of its 134 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Bridgetown accounted for 35 of Barbados' 100 stories about harm, carried by 210 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Storms were named in 69 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, heavy rain and storm surge.

Barbados over 30 days → its stories → Bridgetown stories →
Protests & strikes

Kenya

84 of its 200 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 35 of Nairobi's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

100 of its 303 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Nepal

34 of its 66 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Heavy rain was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

India

952 of its 3,768 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (136 stories). Drownings were named in 58 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with bridge collapse.

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Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

Ladakh accounted for 49 of Kashmir's 87 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Flooding was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Mauritania

26 of its 37 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 15 of Nouakchott's 16 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

29 of its 41 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Baghdad accounted for 17 of Iraq's 29 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets.

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Disasters & accidents

Mexico

90 of its 225 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Storms were named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storm surge and cyclone.

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Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Nepal (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Mexico (32 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Kashmir (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Peru (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Jersey (10 of its stories, about three 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 29 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 10,849 stories about harm among 59,552 counted on 29 Jun.

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In Barbados, 75% of the news was about people being harmed, where 14% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 59,552 stories, as usual. Mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual in Barbados' news. On 30 June 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Barbados75 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 14 · mostly disasters & accidents Bolivia67 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 31 · mostly rights & justice Israel62 in 100 of its 471 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine56 in 100 of its 156 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal52 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 253 Delhi India38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 290 Nairobi Kenya35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 43 London UK33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121 Grants Pass US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 54

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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readNamibia: 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'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: too little coverage to readMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: 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'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'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'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: 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 readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer 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'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about three 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'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry 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'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Nepal few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 291 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 100 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 87 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 114 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 19 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 2,807 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice25% 2,616 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 2,226 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence12% 1,278 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 602 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 456 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 349 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 245 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 killed2,599 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,258 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,169 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured823 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions186 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations95 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees86 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced83 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and Sudan Stories reporting people falling ill8 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 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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