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39,744 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Tehran (Iran), deaths in Conakry and people injured in Nigeria drew the news. Vietnam's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostGuinea 88 in 100 of its 92 stories, usually 31
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Iran

347 of its 773 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Tehran accounted for 318 of Iran's 347 stories about harm, carried by 330 outlets. 301 of Tehran's 318 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (250 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Guinea

81 of its 92 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Conakry accounted for 80 of Guinea's 81 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Conakry stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

1,035 of its 2,473 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (137 stories). Cyclone was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

169 of its 459 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (128 stories). Heavy rain was named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

291 of its 431 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (233 stories). Train derailment was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

161 of its 211 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Khartoum accounted for 139 of Sudan's 161 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (135 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Ukraine

184 of its 337 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

335 of its 596 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (169 stories). Accidents were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

146 of its 183 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

157 of its 478 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (65 stories). Earthquake was named in 85 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in South Sudan (54 of its stories, about three times its usual); tuberculosis in Niger (148 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Greece (85 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Brazil (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Ireland (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 39,744 stories about harm among 182,128 counted on 25 Jun.

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In South Sudan's news, mentions of the hunger ran about three times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 182,128 stories, above the usual 20. Iran's news was 45% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. On 25 June 2017, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guinea88 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 31 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Yemen88 in 100 of its 243 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua87 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 83 · mostly rights & justice Mali80 in 100 of its 183 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan76 in 100 of its 211 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US441 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1701 Tehran Iran301 stories about protests or strikes, of its 318 Reno US241 stories about protests or strikes, of its 245 Florida US228 stories about protests or strikes, of its 305 Riyadh Saudi Arabia162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 279

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 lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readUnited 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 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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 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 lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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 lessNiger: too little coverage to readNew 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 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 lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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 lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 lessJamaica: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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 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 lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: 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 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualParaguay: warmth about its own usualNicaragua: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLesotho: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualDjibouti: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelgium: 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 usualFlorida, US -- rights & justice: 305 stories, carried by 393 outletsMillersville, US -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 46 stories, carried by 34 outletsZhenjiang, China -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 20 outletsMontreal, Canada -- health: 37 stories, carried by 58 outletsAnkara, Türkiye -- rights & justice: 200 stories, carried by 287 outletsAnadolu, Türkiye -- rights & justice: 265 stories, carried by 401 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- 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

● Cuba warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Florida US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 305 stories ● Millersville US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Baghdad Iraq about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 46 stories ● Zhenjiang China about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Montreal Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 37 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 13,178 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Health20% 7,834 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 6,477 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 5,569 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,574 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,501 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,324 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 453 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 killed11,193 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,431 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected5,755 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,078 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,675 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting evacuations436 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions406 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced282 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill62 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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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