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The day's news pointed at the tsunami in Ecuador, protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh) and illness in Sanaa. Bangladesh's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Bangladesh →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostEcuador 88 in 100 of its 159 stories, usually 21
RegionEast Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Ecuador

140 of its 159 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Quito accounted for 103 of Ecuador's 140 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (137 stories). Tsunami was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Quito stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

258 of its 436 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Dhaka accounted for 193 of Bangladesh's 258 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. 108 of Dhaka's 193 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (119 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Health

Yemen

153 of its 172 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Sanaa accounted for 111 of Yemen's 153 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

175 of its 281 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (48 stories). Landslides were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Palestine

113 of Jenin's 162 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (115 stories). Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

290 of its 361 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (244 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

709 of its 1,263 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (156 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mexico

258 of its 699 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (218 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Spain

251 of its 966 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

China

800 of its 2,610 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 520 of Beijing's 599 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (86 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Congo (78 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Ethiopia (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in Somalia (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Saudi Arabia (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); rabies in Malaysia (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 26,889 stories about harm among 117,029 counted on 1 Jul.

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Ecuador stood out: 88% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 21%. 23 in every 100 of the day's 117,029 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Congo's news, mentions of Ebola ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Bangladesh. On 1 July 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 23 today. Over June, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 in June 2016.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic97 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 76 · mostly displacement Yemen89 in 100 of its 172 stories · usually 79 · mostly health Ecuador88 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 21 · mostly disasters & accidents Lebanon80 in 100 of its 361 stories · usually 32 · mostly conflict & violence Congo79 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 69 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beijing China520 stories about protests or strikes, of its 599 Washington US235 stories about protests or strikes, of its 950 London UK172 stories about protests or strikes, of its 529 Caracas Venezuela136 stories about protests or strikes, of its 142 Jenin Palestine113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 162

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: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readQatar: 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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 lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: 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 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: too little coverage to readSt 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 lessEthiopia: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 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: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChile: 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 lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: 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 lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: 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: 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: 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 readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBurundi: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDarfur, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 17 outletsElizabethtown, US -- health: 43 stories, carried by 40 outletsLashkar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsAnantnag, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 112 stories, carried by 52 outletsExuma, Bahamas -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsColumbia River, US -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsLashkar, India -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 11 outletsKigali, Rwanda -- conflict & violence: 23 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

● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Japan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Darfur Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● Elizabethtown US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 43 stories ● Lashkar Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Anantnag Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 112 stories ● Exuma Bahamas about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 7,366 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence27% 7,263 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Health16% 4,147 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents15% 4,069 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,726 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 791 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 613 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 495 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 killed7,967 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,478 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting arrests3,617 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,935 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions739 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting people displaced457 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Central African Republic and Iraq Stories reporting refugees411 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations222 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill24 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.