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17,410 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 the tsunami in Türkiye, violence in Kampala and arrests in Egypt. Türkiye's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTürkiye 51 in 100 of its 288 stories, usually 26
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
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

Türkiye

147 of its 288 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Marmaris accounted for 63 of Türkiye's 147 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (87 stories). Tsunami was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Marmaris stories →
Conflict & violence

Uganda

66 of its 114 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kampala accounted for 39 of Uganda's 66 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Rights & justice

Egypt

37 of its 165 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Palestine

191 of its 274 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Gaza accounted for 164 of Palestine's 191 stories about harm, carried by 268 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

229 of its 588 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories). Power cuts were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

552 of its 814 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (224 stories). Plague was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Italy

128 of its 535 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 72 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Moscow accounted for 117 of Russia's 209 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

Jammu accounted for 25 of Kashmir's 54 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Italy (72 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in New Zealand (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Nigeria (56 of its stories, about three times its usual); house fires in Ireland (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in India (122 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 17,410 stories about harm among 92,696 counted on 3 Jun.

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Of the day's 92,696 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 3 June 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan75 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine70 in 100 of its 274 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Israel68 in 100 of its 814 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda58 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 28 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye51 in 100 of its 288 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Boulder US187 stories about protests or strikes, of its 424 Washington US100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 493 Newark US48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 112 San Francisco US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 97 London UK36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 223

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: 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'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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'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'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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'sAfghanistan: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 twice 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 552 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 147 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 432 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 191 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 4,512 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,308 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,384 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence14% 2,431 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 799 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 682 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 560 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 398 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 killed4,060 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,054 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,843 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,475 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions310 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced206 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees196 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations183 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Switzerland

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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