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13,869 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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Deaths in Ras Laffan, rights and justice in Kabul and drownings in France drew the news. Qatar's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken 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 mostQatar 52 in 100 of its 155 stories, usually 14
RegionEvery region about as usual
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 →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Qatar

80 of its 155 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Ras Laffan accounted for 65 of Qatar's 80 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Afghanistan

52 of its 85 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Kabul accounted for 30 of Afghanistan's 52 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Disasters & accidents

France

213 of its 858 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (120 stories). Drownings were named in 57 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms, heatstroke and wildfires.

France over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Hungary

24 of its 62 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Budapest accounted for 19 of Hungary's 24 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Kenya

108 of its 278 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Egypt

31 of its 149 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Taiwan

24 of its 129 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

20 of its 90 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 4 of Causeway Bay's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Health

DR Congo

Ituri accounted for 17 of the DR Congo's 28 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: dengue in Sri Lanka (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Australia (39 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Israel (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in UK (65 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); helicopter crash in US (11 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 23 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 13,869 stories about harm among 76,914 counted on 23 Jun.

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Qatar stood out: 52% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 14%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 76,914 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In France's news, mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual. the news turned to Qatar for the second day running.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan63 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Qatar52 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 14 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Israel51 in 100 of its 559 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine50 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 520 London UK47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 287 Abuja Nigeria44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74 Tehran Iran25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 214 Chicago US22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPeru: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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 lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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 lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: 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: too little coverage to readItaly: 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 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-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: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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 lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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: 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 readBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readUganda: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualDominican Republic: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualSokoto, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsDalian, China -- health: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsMilwaukee, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsWorld Health Organization, Egypt -- health: 16 stories, carried by 13 outletsLake Chad, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsIowa, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 18 outletsSaskatchewan, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 19 stories, carried by 18 outletsKwazulu, South Africa -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 14 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

● Sokoto Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Dalian China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Milwaukee US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● World Health Organization Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Lake Chad Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 3,462 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 3,344 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 2,567 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,824 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 850 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 616 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 544 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 341 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 killed3,635 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,666 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,456 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured865 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced174 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations138 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions137 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees95 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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