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13,345 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 Caracas, violence in Tehran and protests in Nairobi (Kenya). Iran's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostVenezuela 84 in 100 of its 832 stories, usually 55
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 42 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

Venezuela

703 of its 832 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Caracas accounted for 566 of Venezuela's 703 stories about harm, carried by 795 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (195 stories). Landslides were named in 51 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

340 of its 1,044 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Tehran accounted for 180 of Iran's 340 stories about harm, carried by 376 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Earthquake was named in 11 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 →
Protests & strikes

Kenya

Nairobi accounted for 48 of Kenya's 72 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. 27 of Nairobi's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

France

179 of its 764 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

24 of its 123 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm, heavy rain and typhoon.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Moscow accounted for 75 of Russia's 123 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Power cuts were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Haiti

70 of its 152 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Shelter & services

Cuba

47 of its 100 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Havana accounted for 23 of Cuba's 47 stories about harm, carried by 6 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Taiwan (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Sri Lanka (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in New Zealand (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Greece (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (21 of its stories, about 6 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 26 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 13,345 stories about harm among 72,038 counted on 26 Jun.

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Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 19 in every 100 of the day's 72,038 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Taiwan's news, mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual. the news turned to Venezuela for the second day running. Venezuela's news was 84% about people being harmed, against a usual 55%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Venezuela84 in 100 of its 832 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine54 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Israel53 in 100 of its 370 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon49 in 100 of its 129 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba47 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 39 · mostly shelter & services

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 380 Hollywood US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 211 London UK33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 247 Caracas Venezuela28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 566 Nairobi Kenya27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48

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 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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 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: 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: 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 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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 lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: too little coverage to readHong 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: too little coverage to readCape 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: 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 lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGaza: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 60 stories, carried by 26 outletsAnkara, Türkiye -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 15 outletsNottingham, UK -- disasters & accidents: 21 stories, carried by 15 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 33 stories, carried by 31 outletsKarbala, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 15 outletsOttawa, Canada -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 42 outletsLouisiana, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 20 outletsSan Diego, US -- health: 38 stories, carried by 34 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

● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 60 stories ● Ankara Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories ● Nottingham UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 21 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 33 stories ● Karbala Iraq about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents25% 3,265 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Rights & justice25% 3,254 stories · about as usual Health24% 3,134 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,371 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 616 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 561 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 468 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 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 killed3,567 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,661 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,599 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured956 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations170 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting people displaced159 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees129 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Congo

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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