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What the world's news said happened to people.
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14,071 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 illness in Copenhagen, violence in Tehran and rights and justice in Port-au-Prince. Denmark's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMalawi 52 in 100 of its 83 stories, usually 28
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Denmark

29 of its 102 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Copenhagen accounted for 22 of Denmark's 29 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Plague was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 300 of Iran's 604 stories about harm, carried by 490 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (53 stories). Flooding was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sudan

34 of its 43 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with ebola. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Russia

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Vietnam

34 of its 138 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

42 of its 98 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Health

Cyprus

25 of its 91 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Earthquake was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tsunami.

its stories →
Shelter & services

Cuba

Havana accounted for 26 of Cuba's 54 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Russia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in US (265 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in UK (10 of its stories, about 8 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 17 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 14,071 stories about harm among 79,120 counted on 17 Jun.

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Indonesia's news mentioned the earthquake about 4 times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 79,120 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Denmark, 28% of the news was about people being harmed, where 17% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Uganda54 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 59 · mostly health Malawi52 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 28 · mostly rights & justice Lebanon52 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine50 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba49 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 44 · mostly shelter & services

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 506 Tehran Iran54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 300 Chicago US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177 London UK34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 Delhi India24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 161

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri 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'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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 Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: 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'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'sMali: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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 readAlbania: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLatvia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCyprus: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Denmark few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as fearful as the world's · 306 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 229 stories about harm ● Lebanon about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 59 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Afghanistan few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 30 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 3,631 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,336 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 2,796 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence12% 1,624 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 796 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 753 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 570 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 304 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 killed3,365 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,528 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,488 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured598 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced205 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions141 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees80 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about the usual rate

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 much softer than 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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