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39,808 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Phnom Penh (Cambodia), a disaster in Ericeira and violence in Juba drew the news. Mali's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCambodia 72 in 100 of its 136 stories, usually 37
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Protests & strikes

Cambodia

98 of its 136 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 36 of Phnom Penh's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Phnom Penh stories →
Disasters & accidents

Portugal

167 of its 442 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Ericeira accounted for 156 of Portugal's 167 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (154 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories → Ericeira stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

93 of its 127 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Juba accounted for 64 of South Sudan's 93 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Juba stories →
Health

Mali

52 of its 79 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Hunger was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drought. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Palestine

657 of its 1,078 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Gaza accounted for 297 of Palestine's 657 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. 164 of Gaza's 297 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (65 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

217 of its 383 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (113 stories). Tsunami was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

205 of its 370 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Baghdad accounted for 160 of Iraq's 205 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (78 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Argentina

57 of Buenos Aires' 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

South Korea

95 of Seoul's 176 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories). Hunger was named in 96 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with earthquake.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

Hodeida accounted for 606 of Yemen's 826 stories about harm, carried by 514 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 192 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Puerto Rico (77 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in South Korea (96 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); outbreaks in Yemen (192 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in Chile (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in North Korea (93 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 39,808 stories about harm among 220,280 counted on 13 Jun.

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In Puerto Rico's news, mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual. Cambodia stood out: 72% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 37%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 220,280 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. On 13 June 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan73 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia72 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Yemen69 in 100 of its 1,202 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Mali66 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 54 · mostly health Puerto Rico64 in 100 of its 221 stories · usually 58 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US279 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1553 Jerusalem Israel240 stories about protests or strikes, of its 402 Gaza Palestine164 stories about protests or strikes, of its 297 Seoul South Korea95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 176 Ramallah Palestine90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 295

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: 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: 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 lessPanama: 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 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: 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: 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 lessMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 lessPalestine: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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: 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 lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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 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 lessMyanmar: too little coverage to readBurundi: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about its own usualLithuania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualMaiduguri, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsSouth Charleston, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsDarfur, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsLake Huron, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 18 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 75 stories, carried by 57 outletsMassachusetts, US -- disasters & accidents: 53 stories, carried by 71 outletsBali, Indonesia -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsCaracas, Venezuela -- rights & justice: 50 stories, carried by 47 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

● Lithuania warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Maiduguri Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● South Charleston US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Darfur Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Lake Huron Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 75 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 11,645 stories · about as usual Health21% 7,939 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 6,670 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 5,200 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,371 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,833 stories · more than usual (usually 2%) Displacement4% 1,513 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,454 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 killed10,250 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected6,036 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,356 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,420 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations926 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees922 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Italy and the US Stories reporting abductions567 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced543 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Yemen and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill67 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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
● Griefa little less than 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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