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60,684 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), violence in Tel Aviv and people injured in Bolivia. Israel's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostMaldives 82 in 100 of its 95 stories, usually 23
RegionCentral Asia 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Papua New Guinea

260 of its 372 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Port Moresby accounted for 237 of Papua New Guinea's 260 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. 233 of Port Moresby's 237 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (213 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Papua New Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Port Moresby stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

2,473 of its 3,175 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tel Aviv accounted for 1,707 of Israel's 2,473 stories about harm, carried by 1,146 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,587 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Tel Aviv stories →
Rights & justice

Bolivia

70 of its 94 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

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

Maldives

78 of its 95 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (74 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

442 of its 498 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Mogadishu accounted for 289 of Somalia's 442 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sierra Leone

78 of its 113 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

336 of its 396 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Sirte accounted for 256 of Libya's 336 stories about harm, carried by 222 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

128 of its 263 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Poland

105 of its 454 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Myanmar (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (148 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Tanzania (36 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in Hong Kong (30 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in Vanuatu (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 60,684 stories about harm among 290,359 counted on 9 Jun.

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Myanmar's news mentioned the drought more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 290,359 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea stood out: 70% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 38%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia89 in 100 of its 498 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Niger86 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Libya85 in 100 of its 396 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Maldives82 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 23 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq81 in 100 of its 1,530 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US343 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2520 Port Moresby Papua New Guinea233 stories about protests or strikes, of its 237 Missoula US183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194 Chicago US152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 495 Manbij Syria148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 407

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 lessVietnam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 readMozambique: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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: too little coverage to readJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: 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 lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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 lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral 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: too little coverage to readBurundi: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 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 lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: too little coverage to readAksai 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: too little coverage to readSiachen Glacier: too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualVanuatu: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualMoldova: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualDominican Republic: warmth about its own usualBelize: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualSouth Boston, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 32 outletsPango, Vanuatu -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsAlbany County, US -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsChangchun, China -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 12 outletsLashkar, India -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsPathankot, India -- conflict & violence: 46 stories, carried by 37 outletsKilis, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 60 outletsToowoomba, Australia -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 12 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

Warmest events

● South Boston US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Pango Vanuatu about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories ● Albany County US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 16 stories ● Changchun China about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Lashkar India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 18,427 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence22% 13,048 stories · about as usual Health21% 12,281 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 7,673 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,516 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,864 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,394 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,332 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 killed19,996 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,720 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,567 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people affected6,524 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,181 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations703 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions673 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people displaced327 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill146 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 harsher 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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