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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.

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: 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 lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: 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: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readMongolia: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualIndiana, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 20 outletsBrooklyn, US -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 15 outletsEnglish Channel, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsPort-au-Prince, Haiti -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 21 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 22 stories, carried by 11 outletsNottingham, UK -- disasters & accidents: 20 stories, carried by 15 outletsNouakchott, Mauritania -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 81 outletsHarare, Zimbabwe -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 12 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

● Indiana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Brooklyn US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● English Channel UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Port-au-Prince Haiti about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 15 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories

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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