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55,642 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Marcala (Honduras), violence in Dhaka and tropical storm in Taiwan. Honduras' coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostDominican Republic 85 in 100 of its 152 stories, usually 17
RegionEast Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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

Honduras

75 of its 109 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Marcala accounted for 66 of Honduras' 75 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. 64 of Marcala's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Marcala stories →
Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

1,733 of its 1,892 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Dhaka accounted for 1,292 of Bangladesh's 1,733 stories about harm, carried by 749 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (792 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

587 of its 903 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Tropical storm was named in 226 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with landslides, hurricane and power cuts.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Angola

63 of its 152 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Chikungunya was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with ebola.

Angola over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Dominican Republic

129 of its 152 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Haina accounted for 117 of the Dominican Republic's 129 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. 115 of Haina's 117 stories were about protests or strikes. HIV was named in 116 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

129 of its 222 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kabarondo accounted for 104 of Rwanda's 129 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

92 of its 119 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. 8 of Manama's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Uruguay

45 of its 73 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

398 of its 758 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 204 of Harare's 236 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (145 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Malawi

110 of its 186 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (69 stories). Cyclone was named in 57 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hiv in Dominican Republic (116 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Malawi (57 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Ethiopia (23 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); chikungunya in Puerto Rico (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 Jul. 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 55,642 stories about harm among 273,906 counted on 7 Jul.

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Mentions of HIV ran more than ten times their usual in the Dominican Republic's news. In Honduras, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 42% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 273,906 stories, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bangladesh92 in 100 of its 1,892 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen88 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 81 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi88 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 70 · mostly rights & justice Dominican Republic85 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 17 · mostly rights & justice Bahrain77 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 61 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Baton Rouge US1012 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1429 Falcon Heights US496 stories about protests or strikes, of its 715 Washington US294 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1896 Dhaka Bangladesh236 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1292 Harare Zimbabwe204 stories about protests or strikes, of its 236

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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 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: 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: 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: 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 Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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 lessLebanon: 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: 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 lessItaly: 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 lessIran: 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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 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 lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: too little coverage to readCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: too little coverage to readBurkina 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 lessBotswana: 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 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 lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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 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 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: 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: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMozambique: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGuyana: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBurundi: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualAddis Ababa, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 38 stories, carried by 36 outletsBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsJalalabad, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 12 outletsHelmand, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 39 outletsGuaviare, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 33 stories, carried by 25 outletsSpringfield, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 66 outletsCulpeper County, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 18 outletsMaputo, Mozambique -- conflict & violence: 76 stories, carried by 60 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

● Burundi warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bahrain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mozambique warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ethiopia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Addis Ababa Ethiopia about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 38 stories ● Bamako Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Jalalabad Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Helmand Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Guaviare Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 33 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 16,825 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Conflict & violence22% 11,999 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Health19% 10,189 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 7,516 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,726 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,194 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 982 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 913 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 killed18,382 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,563 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,262 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,498 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting abductions1,416 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees696 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Hungary Stories reporting people displaced620 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations394 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting people falling ill54 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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