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26,576 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Kulgam (Kashmir), flooding in Japan and violence in Mogadishu drew the news. Somalia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Japan → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuadeloupe 98 in 100 of its 82 stories, usually 32
RegionEast Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Kashmir

224 of its 318 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Kulgam accounted for 128 of Kashmir's 224 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. 83 of Kulgam's 128 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Kulgam stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

796 of its 1,367 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (368 stories). Flooding was named in 424 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with train derailment. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Japan over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

403 of its 469 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Mogadishu accounted for 336 of Somalia's 403 stories about harm, carried by 335 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (160 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

France

358 of its 1,607 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (286 stories). HIV was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Haiti

145 of its 339 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 31 of Port-au-Prince's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (120 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

436 of its 542 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Quneitra accounted for 239 of Syria's 436 stories about harm, carried by 294 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Colombia

52 of its 139 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 33 of Bogota's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

205 of its 234 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Flooding was named in 122 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.

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Protests & strikes

Spain

329 of its 687 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 31 of Madrid's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (252 stories).

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Protests & strikes

South Korea

128 of its 346 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 106 of Seoul's 119 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Puerto Rico (122 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Zimbabwe (58 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in China (84 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Albania (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); avalanche in Pakistan (59 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 Jul. 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 26,576 stories about harm among 113,257 counted on 7 Jul.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Japan. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 113,257 stories, above the usual 21. Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Japan's news. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. the news turned to Kashmir for the second day running.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guadeloupe98 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Mali92 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Puerto Rico88 in 100 of its 234 stories · usually 44 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia86 in 100 of its 469 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Syria80 in 100 of its 542 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chicago US502 stories about protests or strikes, of its 597 Jerusalem Israel231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 400 Washington US201 stories about protests or strikes, of its 629 Nablus Palestine161 stories about protests or strikes, of its 325 Tehran Iran139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 294

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 readPanama: 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 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: 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 lessEthiopia: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: 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 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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 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): 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: 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 readYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualMonguno, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 11 outletsRobeson County, US -- disasters & accidents: 37 stories, carried by 32 outletsSkagit County, US -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 35 stories, carried by 30 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 16 outletsLazaro Cardenas, Mexico -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsBridport, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 18 outletsAndhra, India -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 16 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

● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Monguno Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Robeson County US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 37 stories ● Skagit County US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Khartoum Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 35 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 7,746 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents24% 6,164 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence16% 4,313 stories · about as usual Health15% 3,846 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,034 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,007 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 760 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 352 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 killed8,551 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people affected4,096 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,350 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,707 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Somalia Stories reporting evacuations1,549 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting refugees720 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions326 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Libya Stories reporting people displaced311 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill113 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Zimbabwe

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.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than usual
● Feara little less than 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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