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Drownings in Indonesia, protests in Banjul (Gambia) and rights and justice in San Salvador drew the news. el Salvador's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostEl Salvador 86 in 100 of its 96 stories, usually 37
RegionCentral Asia 18 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

365 of its 582 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tigaras accounted for 181 of Indonesia's 365 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Drownings were named in 109 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Tigaras stories →
Protests & strikes

Gambia

102 of its 161 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Banjul accounted for 77 of the Gambia's 102 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. 41 of Banjul's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories → Banjul stories →
Rights & justice

El Salvador

83 of its 96 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. San Salvador accounted for 73 of el Salvador's 83 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

El Salvador over 30 days → its stories → San Salvador stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

126 of its 145 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (77 stories). Hunger was named in 74 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

90 of its 172 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 8 of Manama's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Cuba

203 of its 315 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Havana accounted for 157 of Cuba's 203 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (106 stories). Tropical storm was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Romania

68 of its 318 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 33 of Bucharest's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (40 stories). Plague was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

112 of its 123 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 82%. Masaya accounted for 103 of Nicaragua's 112 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. 80 of Masaya's 103 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Azerbaijan

62 of its 169 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Sudan

132 of its 171 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Bulgaria (18 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); tropical storm in Cuba (44 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in Liberia (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ghana (28 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Palestine (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 41,819 stories about harm among 212,027 counted on 21 Jun.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Indonesia. of the day's 212,027 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. South Sudan's news mentioned the hunger about 5 times as often as usual. Indonesia's news was 63% about people being harmed, against a usual 34%. A year earlier, on 21 June 2017, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

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Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua91 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 82 · mostly rights & justice South Sudan87 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador86 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Yemen78 in 100 of its 312 stories · usually 75 · mostly rights & justice Sudan77 in 100 of its 171 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US752 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2898 Gaza Palestine134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185 Fort Worth US134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 196 Jerusalem Israel127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 426 San Francisco US125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 431

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 lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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 lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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 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: 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 lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: 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 readPakistan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: 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 lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: too little coverage to readItaly: 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 lessIndonesia: 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 lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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 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 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 lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualUzbekistan: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualLesotho: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEritrea: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualChad: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualBadme, Eritrea -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 19 outletsPonteland, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 103 stories, carried by 129 outletsSaatli, Azerbaijan -- health: 54 stories, carried by 77 outletsAberdeenshire, UK -- health: 18 stories, carried by 65 outletsState of Texas, US -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 21 outletsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 18 outletsBerkshire, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 77 stories, carried by 65 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

● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Azerbaijan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Badme Eritrea about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Ponteland UK about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 103 stories ● Saatli Azerbaijan about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 54 stories ● Aberdeenshire UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● State of Texas US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 14,232 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Health21% 8,716 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 6,025 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence13% 5,473 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,219 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 2,045 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Shelter & services3% 1,432 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 866 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 killed10,079 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests6,826 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,152 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,008 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees1,683 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Hungary Stories reporting people displaced706 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting evacuations404 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Cuba and Japan Stories reporting abductions259 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill112 at about the usual rate

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 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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