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39,923 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at the tsunami in Japan, protests in Banjul (Gambia) and violence in Bogota. the Gambia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNorth Macedonia 60 in 100 of its 257 stories, usually 8
RegionEast Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

1,482 of its 2,902 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Osaka accounted for 1,238 of Japan's 1,482 stories about harm, carried by 1,448 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,055 stories). Tsunami was named in 677 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with power cuts, landslides and hurricane. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Japan over 30 days → its stories → Osaka stories →
Protests & strikes

Gambia

79 of its 145 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 64 of Banjul's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories → Banjul stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

482 of its 776 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Bogota accounted for 430 of Colombia's 482 stories about harm, carried by 605 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (300 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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

Madagascar

19 of its 33 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Accidents were named in 19 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.

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Protests & strikes

Vietnam

126 of its 388 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 37 of Ho Chi Minh City's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

North Macedonia

153 of its 257 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. 117 of Skopje's 120 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (96 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

174 of its 257 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

North Korea

184 of its 562 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (135 stories). Tsunami was named in 101 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Chile

34 of its 94 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in North Korea (101 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Madagascar (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in United Arab Emirates (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Saudi Arabia (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Nicaragua (28 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 18 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 39,923 stories about harm among 185,488 counted on 18 Jun.

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Japan's news was 51% about people being harmed, against a usual 13%. of the day's 185,488 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Japan's news mentioned the tsunami about 10 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 18 June 2017, 26 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 →

Nicaragua84 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 82 · mostly rights & justice Puerto Rico76 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 62 · mostly health Yemen73 in 100 of its 560 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia71 in 100 of its 209 stories · usually 45 · mostly displacement Kashmir71 in 100 of its 250 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US528 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1597 Jerusalem Israel200 stories about protests or strikes, of its 470 Berkeley US176 stories about protests or strikes, of its 207 Skopje North Macedonia117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 120 Gaza Palestine111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134

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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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 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: too little coverage to readSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: 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 lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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 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 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: 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: 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: 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 readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: too little coverage to readJapan: 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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 readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 lessAksai Chin: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualVietnam: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualState of Wisconsin, US -- shelter & services: 47 stories, carried by 41 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 430 stories, carried by 605 outletsNangarhar, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsKentucky, US -- rights & justice: 52 stories, carried by 79 outletsGosforth, UK -- other: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 274 stories, carried by 224 outletsAdana, Türkiye -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 18 outletsDiyarbakir, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 13 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

● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● State of Wisconsin US about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 47 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 430 stories ● Nangarhar Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Kentucky US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 52 stories ● Gosforth UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · other · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 11,308 stories · about as usual Health20% 7,664 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 7,580 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 6,742 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,678 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,380 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,273 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 612 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 killed12,018 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,266 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting arrests5,172 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,685 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,021 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting evacuations626 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced432 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Colombia and Yemen Stories reporting abductions295 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill64 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 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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