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51,283 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to plane crash in Portugal, protests in Caracas (Venezuela) and violence in Mogadishu. Somalia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Syria and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNorth Korea 60 in 100 of its 1,927 stories, usually 15
RegionEast Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Portugal

824 of its 1,017 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Pedrogao Grande accounted for 595 of Portugal's 824 stories about harm, carried by 406 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (155 stories). Plane crash was named in 308 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories → Pedrogao Grande stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

474 of its 625 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. 169 of Caracas' 238 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Cyclone was named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts and hunger.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

453 of its 511 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Mogadishu accounted for 405 of Somalia's 453 stories about harm, carried by 300 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (289 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Health

New Zealand

304 of its 1,418 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). House fires were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Poland

135 of its 407 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 49 of Warsaw's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

119 of its 136 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Bangui accounted for 87 of the Central African Republic's 119 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

Bamako accounted for 145 of Mali's 193 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (38 stories). Drought was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

674 of its 1,094 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Brussels accounted for 645 of Belgium's 674 stories about harm, carried by 677 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (239 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Trinidad & Tobago

92 of its 168 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Power cuts were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

110 of its 132 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (96 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Bangladesh (29 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in Sri Lanka (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Peru (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Trinidad & Tobago (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in India (185 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 20 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 51,283 stories about harm among 229,050 counted on 20 Jun.

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Mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual in Portugal's news. of the day's 229,050 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Syria and the US. Portugal's news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%. A year earlier, on 20 June 2016, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia89 in 100 of its 511 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Central African Republic88 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Guatemala83 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 48 · mostly disasters & accidents Portugal81 in 100 of its 1,017 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen79 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 82 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US488 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2115 Delhi India215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 511 Caracas Venezuela169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 238 London UK147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2301 Kabul Afghanistan142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: 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: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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 lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 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 lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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 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 lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 lessItaly: 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 lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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 readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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: 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: 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 lessEthiopia: too little coverage to readEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: 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: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJordan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualEritrea: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBlount County, US -- health: 52 stories, carried by 52 outletsTravis County, US -- rights & justice: 109 stories, carried by 96 outletsBentiu, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 16 outletsPathankot, India -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 15 outletsBagram, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 142 stories, carried by 117 outletsKangaba, Mali -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 13 outletsBrightlingsea, UK -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 22 outletsSantegidio, Italy -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 13 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

● New Zealand warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Jordan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kenya warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Blount County US about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 52 stories ● Travis County US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 109 stories ● Bentiu South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Pathankot India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Bagram Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 142 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice24% 12,183 stories · about as usual Health22% 10,944 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence21% 10,635 stories · much less than usual (usually 29%) Disasters & accidents18% 9,119 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,826 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 2,470 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Shelter & services3% 1,312 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 963 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 killed16,782 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,500 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,381 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,347 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees1,830 at about three times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people displaced896 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations783 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Belgium and the US Stories reporting abductions604 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill18 at less than a quarter 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
● Feara little less 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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