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43,493 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at illness in Morobe, a disaster in Panama City and violence in Badme. Panama's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPapua New Guinea 76 in 100 of its 143 stories, usually 30
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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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Health

Papua New Guinea

108 of its 143 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Morobe accounted for 81 of Papua New Guinea's 108 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (39 stories). Outbreaks were named in 93 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Papua New Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Morobe stories →
Disasters & accidents

Panama

93 of its 174 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Panama City accounted for 92 of Panama's 93 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Eritrea

158 of its 190 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Badme accounted for 120 of Eritrea's 158 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (141 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Eritrea over 30 days → its stories → Badme stories →
Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

295 of its 623 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (200 stories). Malaria was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Mali

134 of its 170 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Bamako accounted for 86 of Mali's 134 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

437 of its 1,151 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 316 of Tehran's 368 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (271 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

164 of its 223 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Khartoum accounted for 103 of Sudan's 164 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

104 of its 138 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Unity State accounted for 78 of South Sudan's 104 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

185 of its 570 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (140 stories). Landslides were named in 139 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and drownings. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Austria

152 of its 531 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (86 stories). Train derailment was named in 95 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Vietnam (139 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in El Salvador (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Austria (95 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Guatemala (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Nepal (14 of its stories, about 9 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 26 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 43,493 stories about harm among 205,367 counted on 26 Jun.

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Vietnam's news mentioned landslides more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 205,367 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Papua New Guinea, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual. A year earlier, on 26 June 2017, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

El Salvador90 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 43 · mostly disasters & accidents Eritrea83 in 100 of its 190 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen79 in 100 of its 383 stories · usually 75 · mostly rights & justice Mali79 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea76 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 30 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US563 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2146 Tehran Iran316 stories about protests or strikes, of its 368 Delhi India171 stories about protests or strikes, of its 541 Long Beach US157 stories about protests or strikes, of its 920 El Paso US139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 406

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 lessParaguay: 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: 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 lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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 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: 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 readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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 lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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 lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about one and a half times its own usualZambia: warmth about its own usualYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: 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 its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualLithuania: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEl Salvador: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChiwenga, Zimbabwe -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 16 outletsUnity State, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 78 stories, carried by 97 outletsBadme, Eritrea -- conflict & violence: 120 stories, carried by 131 outletsMafraq, Jordan -- shelter & services: 21 stories, carried by 17 outletsChhattisgarh, India -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 22 outletsNuffield, UK -- health: 54 stories, carried by 169 outletsKennebunkport, US -- health: 214 stories, carried by 243 outletsEdgewood, US -- health: 10 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

● Guatemala warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Zimbabwe warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● El Salvador warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Chiwenga Zimbabwe about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Unity State South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 78 stories ● Badme Eritrea about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 120 stories ● Mafraq Jordan about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 21 stories ● Chhattisgarh India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 30 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 14,426 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Health21% 9,120 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 6,858 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 5,604 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,323 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 1,926 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,580 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 727 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 killed10,946 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,997 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,471 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,543 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees1,230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations700 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced615 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and South Sudan Stories reporting abductions355 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Colombia Stories reporting people falling ill142 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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
● 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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