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57,346 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at deaths in Ljubljana, arrests in Cameroon and protests in Kiev (Ukraine). Ukraine's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSlovenia 67 in 100 of its 137 stories, usually 6
RegionCentral Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Much softer than 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

Slovenia

92 of its 137 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. Ljubljana accounted for 84 of Slovenia's 92 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Slovenia over 30 days → its stories → Ljubljana stories →
Rights & justice

Cameroon

239 of its 287 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (136 stories). Hunger was named in 122 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with bird flu. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Ukraine

228 of its 392 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 48 of Kiev's 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kiev stories →
Conflict & violence

Austria

112 of its 262 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (40 stories). Tornadoes were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Haiti

118 of its 236 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Port Salut accounted for 103 of Haiti's 118 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Cholera was named in 105 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with earthquake. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

367 of its 841 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 195 of Harare's 244 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Rabies was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

France

1,038 of its 3,701 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (232 stories). Storms were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

El Salvador

98 of its 116 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. 21 of el Mozote's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

836 of its 2,204 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (397 stories). Plague was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

1,338 of its 2,183 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (363 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Haiti (105 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tropical storm in Taiwan (28 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Peru (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Colombia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Brazil (18 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 57,346 stories about harm among 285,934 counted on 14 Jul.

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In Slovenia, 67% of the news was about people being harmed, where 6% is usual. Haiti's news mentioned the cholera about 7 times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 285,934 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

El Salvador84 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan84 in 100 of its 1,004 stories · usually 76 · mostly displacement Cameroon83 in 100 of its 287 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice Syria80 in 100 of its 870 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq72 in 100 of its 849 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dallas US1058 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2513 Washington US872 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2846 Islamabad Pakistan350 stories about protests or strikes, of its 707 Harare Zimbabwe195 stories about protests or strikes, of its 244 Chicago US193 stories about protests or strikes, of its 511

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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: 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: 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 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 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 readNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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 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 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: 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 lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGermany: 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 readFiji: 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: 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: 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 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: 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 lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: too little coverage to readBahrain: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern 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: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: 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 readYemen: warmth about twice its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualThailand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGuyana: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualEl Salvador: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 14 outletsChaussin, France -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 26 stories, carried by 26 outletsKhorasan, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsPort Salut, Haiti -- health: 103 stories, carried by 125 outletsDistrict of Columbia, US -- health: 48 stories, carried by 48 outletsGreat Barrier Reef, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 19 stories, carried by 11 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 122 stories, carried by 110 outletsToowoomba, Australia -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 10 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

● Yemen warmth about twice usual ● Haiti warmth about one and a half times usual ● El Salvador warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Thailand warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Mogadishu Somalia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Chaussin France about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 26 stories ● Khorasan Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Port Salut Haiti about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 103 stories ● District of Columbia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 48 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 16,780 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 12,379 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Health19% 10,888 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents12% 6,767 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 4,617 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,921 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,798 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,394 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 killed20,782 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,919 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,408 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and South Sudan Stories reporting people injured4,972 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees781 at about half the usual rate · most about Germany and the US Stories reporting evacuations749 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions639 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced536 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill82 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 much softer 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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