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12,156 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 a disaster in Ras Laffan, people injured in the Philippines and protests in la Espriella (Colombia). Russia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostQatar 61 in 100 of its 273 stories, usually 7
RegionSoutheast Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Qatar

166 of its 273 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Ras Laffan accounted for 133 of Qatar's 166 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (123 stories). Accidents were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Qatar over 30 days → its stories → Ras Laffan stories →
Rights & justice

Philippines

216 of its 562 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (105 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

France

148 of its 683 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (58 stories). Heatwave was named in 68 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms, drownings and heatstroke.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 272 of Iran's 401 stories about harm, carried by 474 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Trinidad & Tobago

12 of its 26 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 5 of Fyzabad's 9 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Disasters & accidents

Belize

11 of its 22 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nigeria

41 of Abuja's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: heatwave in France (68 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in Australia (63 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heatwave in UK (192 of its stories, about three times its usual); helicopter crash in US (17 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 22 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 12,156 stories about harm among 67,163 counted on 22 Jun.

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In Qatar, 61% of the news was about people being harmed, where 7% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 67,163 stories, as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan61 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Qatar61 in 100 of its 273 stories · usually 7 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine55 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Syria51 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Israel47 in 100 of its 514 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 403 Tehran Iran59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 272 Abuja Nigeria41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 68 London UK40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 196 La Espriella Colombia28 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: too little coverage to readEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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: 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: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape 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: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: 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 lessAksai Chin: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readThailand: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKogi, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsConnecticut, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 16 outletsIbadan, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 15 outletsWinnipeg, Canada -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsBerkshire, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 19 outletsBurnham, UK -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsMichigan, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 22 outletsRio de Janeiro, Brazil -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 21 stories, carried by 76 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

● Kogi Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Connecticut US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Ibadan Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 30 stories ● Winnipeg Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Berkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 3,050 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 2,806 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 2,463 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence13% 1,573 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 763 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 511 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 499 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 264 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 killed3,246 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,352 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,229 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured994 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions115 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations100 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Qatar Stories reporting refugees93 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill13 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 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.