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17,621 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 news turned to people displaced in Vienna, rights and justice in Nairobi and violence in Kyiv. Austria's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostAustria 68 in 100 of its 440 stories, usually 19
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Displacement

Austria

298 of its 440 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Vienna accounted for 92 of Austria's 298 stories about harm, carried by 256 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Rights & justice

Kenya

138 of its 324 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Nairobi accounted for 82 of Kenya's 138 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Ukraine

162 of its 374 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kyiv accounted for 88 of Ukraine's 162 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 396 of Israel's 781 stories about harm, carried by 628 outlets. 240 of Jerusalem's 396 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Colombia

53 of its 84 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Bangladesh

67 of its 150 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Dhaka accounted for 38 of Bangladesh's 67 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Illness was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Malawi

28 of its 83 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Plane crash was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Malta

20 of its 72 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Jordan

23 of its 89 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

5 of its 6 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Malawi (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Türkiye (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in South Africa (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Bangladesh (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Mexico (10 of its stories, about three 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 10 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 17,621 stories about harm among 93,198 counted on 10 Jun.

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Austria stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 93,198 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Malawi's news, mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual. On 10 June 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Austria68 in 100 of its 440 stories · usually 19 · mostly displacement Colombia63 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence Israel63 in 100 of its 1,246 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Palestine61 in 100 of its 280 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Syria55 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Los Angeles US730 stories about protests or strikes, of its 879 Washington US280 stories about protests or strikes, of its 640 Jerusalem Israel240 stories about protests or strikes, of its 396 California US179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 277 San Francisco US80 stories about protests or strikes, of its 169

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: too little coverage to readFrench 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia 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: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: 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 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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 readPalestine: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualCalgary, Canada -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 12 outletsPahalgam, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsLucknow, India -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsArizona, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 17 outletsWisconsin, US -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 16 outletsShiv, India -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 13 outletsSaskatchewan, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 29 stories, carried by 53 outletsRome, Italy -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 18 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

● Calgary Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 20 stories ● Pahalgam Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Lucknow India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Wisconsin US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 5,238 stories · much more than usual (usually 25%) Health25% 4,295 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,997 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,308 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 902 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 589 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 547 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 423 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 killed3,881 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,718 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,606 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,182 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions264 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced148 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees97 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little less than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.