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64,985 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at deaths in Kampala, protests in Oromo (Ethiopia) and violence in Sirte. Uganda's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostUganda 62 in 100 of its 292 stories, usually 30
RegionNorth America 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Uganda

181 of its 292 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kampala accounted for 113 of Uganda's 181 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

217 of its 365 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 81 of Oromo's 86 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (153 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Oromo stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

259 of its 325 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Sirte accounted for 169 of Libya's 259 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (157 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Sirte stories →
Rights & justice

Kenya

463 of its 1,007 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (158 stories). HIV was named in 131 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with hepatitis.

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

Iraq

720 of its 918 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Fallujah accounted for 365 of Iraq's 720 stories about harm, carried by 335 outlets. Measles was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cholera. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

North Korea

111 of its 229 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Honduras

23 of its 32 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 3 of Tegucigalpa's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

146 of its 280 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

57 of its 81 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

382 of its 851 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (205 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Japan (113 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in Senegal (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Mexico (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Gambia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Vietnam (23 of its stories, more than ten 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 16 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 64,985 stories about harm among 288,933 counted on 16 Jun.

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Mentions of the earthquake ran about 6 times their usual in Japan's news. of the day's 288,933 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Uganda stood out: 62% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 30%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger83 in 100 of its 269 stories · usually 79 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Libya80 in 100 of its 325 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq78 in 100 of its 918 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen77 in 100 of its 243 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Bahrain74 in 100 of its 189 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Orlando US880 stories about protests or strikes, of its 6202 Washington US338 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2904 Soweto South Africa204 stories about protests or strikes, of its 266 Beijing China155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 386 Aleppo Syria154 stories about protests or strikes, of its 311

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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 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: too little coverage to readSão 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: 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: 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 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 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 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 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: 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 readIsrael: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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 readSt 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 lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: 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 lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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 lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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 lessBelize: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualMontenegro: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLebanon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEthiopia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEritrea: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualMaldives: warmth about its own usualBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 17 outletsPenryn, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 28 outletsJohnstown, US -- conflict & violence: 92 stories, carried by 87 outletsOslo, Norway -- conflict & violence: 42 stories, carried by 35 outletsAjit, India -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 18 outletsColumbus, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 126 stories, carried by 114 outletsCaboolture, Australia -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 49 stories, carried by 29 outletsMadrid, Spain -- health: 66 stories, carried by 49 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

● Ethiopia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual ● France warmth about one and a half times usual ● Lebanon warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bamako Mali about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Penryn UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Johnstown US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 92 stories ● Oslo Norway about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 42 stories ● Ajit India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence32% 20,411 stories · much more than usual (usually 24%) Rights & justice24% 15,555 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Health17% 10,535 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents12% 7,647 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 4,223 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,981 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,925 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,537 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 killed25,032 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,174 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,967 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,454 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,388 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,041 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations920 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced457 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill45 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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
● Feara little more than 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.