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Most of the day's attention went to the avalanche in Guatemala, violence in Tirana and protests in Amman (Jordan). Guatemala's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Guatemala and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuatemala 96 in 100 of its 2,269 stories, usually 35
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 49 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
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

Guatemala

2,174 of its 2,269 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Guatemala City accounted for 1,841 of Guatemala's 2,174 stories about harm, carried by 1,530 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,275 stories). Avalanche was named in 360 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories → Guatemala City stories →
Conflict & violence

Albania

80 of its 117 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tirana accounted for 74 of Albania's 80 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Protests & strikes

Jordan

266 of its 774 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 184 of Amman's 220 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories → Amman stories →
Health

Tanzania

65 of its 148 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Tanzania over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Tunisia

139 of its 178 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (32 stories). Storms were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

125 of its 144 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Managua accounted for 105 of Nicaragua's 125 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. 69 of Managua's 105 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

267 of its 548 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 173 of Riyadh's 189 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (216 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

591 of its 740 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Kabul accounted for 525 of Afghanistan's 591 stories about harm, carried by 434 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

176 of its 214 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Mogadishu accounted for 118 of Somalia's 176 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

33 of its 46 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (26 stories). Hunger was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hunger in South Sudan (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in North Korea (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Chile (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); helicopter crash in Vietnam (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Indonesia (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 39,789 stories about harm among 187,565 counted on 4 Jun.

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In Guatemala, 96% of the news was about people being harmed, where 35% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 187,565 stories, as usual. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Guatemala and the US. In South Sudan's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 4 times their usual. On 4 June 2017, a year earlier, the share was 32 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guatemala96 in 100 of its 2,269 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents Central African Republic93 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua87 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 79 · mostly rights & justice Somalia82 in 100 of its 214 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan80 in 100 of its 740 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beijing China431 stories about protests or strikes, of its 556 Washington US202 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1468 Amman Jordan184 stories about protests or strikes, of its 220 Jerusalem Israel175 stories about protests or strikes, of its 524 Riyadh Saudi Arabia173 stories about protests or strikes, of its 189

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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 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 readSpain: 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 lessSomalia: 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 lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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 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 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: 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 lessJapan: 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 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 readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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 readFrance: 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 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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 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: too little coverage to readBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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 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: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSlovenia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about one and a half times its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualJersey: warmth about its own usualBiddeford, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 127 stories, carried by 207 outletsLjubljana, Slovenia -- conflict & violence: 65 stories, carried by 77 outletsBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 19 outletsDilapoko, Central African Republic -- conflict & violence: 65 stories, carried by 73 outletsLinn County, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsMinna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 80 stories, carried by 40 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 27 outletsDiyarbakir, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 15 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

● Philippines warmth about one and a half times usual ● Russia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Central African Republic warmth about one and a half times usual ● Finland warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Biddeford US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 127 stories ● Ljubljana Slovenia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 65 stories ● Bamako Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● Dilapoko Central African Republic about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 65 stories ● Linn County US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 10,955 stories · about as usual Health20% 7,803 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 7,600 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 6,957 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,731 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,310 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,040 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 679 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 killed13,500 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,924 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Guatemala and the US Stories reporting people injured4,891 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,642 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,787 at about twice the usual rate · most about Guatemala and the US Stories reporting refugees653 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions616 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced256 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Yemen and the US Stories reporting people falling ill47 at about half 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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