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61,750 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Machinga (Malawi), wildfires in Guatemala and people displaced in Diffa drew the news. Guatemala's coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMalawi 75 in 100 of its 499 stories, usually 33
RegionCentral Asia 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Malawi

374 of its 499 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Machinga accounted for 210 of Malawi's 374 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. 155 of Machinga's 210 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (299 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Malawi over 30 days → its stories → Machinga stories →
Conflict & violence

Guatemala

83 of its 114 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Wildfires were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Niger

194 of its 203 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Diffa accounted for 119 of Niger's 194 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Diffa stories →
Rights & justice

Burundi

130 of its 142 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Muramvya accounted for 98 of Burundi's 130 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Türkiye

2,051 of its 2,626 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Istanbul accounted for 1,512 of Türkiye's 2,051 stories about harm, carried by 965 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (1,191 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

891 of its 1,073 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Fallujah accounted for 702 of Iraq's 891 stories about harm, carried by 535 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Jordan

198 of its 403 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kazakhstan

100 of its 182 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Central African Republic

63 of its 72 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Health

Tanzania

105 of its 275 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (58 stories). Malaria was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis and volcanic eruption.

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Also named far more than usual: flu in Hong Kong (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Tanzania (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Japan (92 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Saudi Arabia (57 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Belgium (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 61,750 stories about harm among 286,981 counted on 7 Jun.

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Malawi's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%. of the day's 286,981 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger96 in 100 of its 203 stories · usually 71 · mostly displacement Burundi92 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice Central African Republic88 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Iraq83 in 100 of its 1,073 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye78 in 100 of its 2,626 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Istanbul Türkiye549 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1512 Delhi India262 stories about protests or strikes, of its 822 Washington US229 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2293 Dhaka Bangladesh196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 335 Machinga Malawi155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 210

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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 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 lessUkraine: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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 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: 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 readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: 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 lessPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: 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 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 readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: 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 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 lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: 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 lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: 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 lessChad: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: too little coverage to readHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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 lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readPuerto Rico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSlovenia: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHaiti: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEthiopia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualBelize: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 12 outletsBossangoa, Central African Republic -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 19 outletsCharlottesville, US -- rights & justice: 34 stories, carried by 34 outletsAlbany County, US -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia -- rights & justice: 63 stories, carried by 63 outletsAnantnag, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsBudapest, Hungary -- conflict & violence: 45 stories, carried by 39 outletsMakalu, Nepal -- disasters & accidents: 57 stories, carried by 24 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

● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Hungary warmth about one and a half times usual ● Congo warmth about one and a half times usual ● Haiti warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ethiopia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Puerto Rico warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bamako Mali about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Bossangoa Central African Republic about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 21 stories ● Charlottesville US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 34 stories ● Albany County US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Addis Ababa Ethiopia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 63 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 17,497 stories · about as usual Health21% 12,709 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 11,537 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents17% 10,078 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,453 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,227 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,613 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,401 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 killed18,389 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,169 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,739 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,812 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,163 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions932 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced542 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations476 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill67 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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