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36,588 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Rome (Italy), illness in Mount Everest and deaths in Vienna. Austria's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostEthiopia 79 in 100 of its 299 stories, usually 54
RegionOceania 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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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Protests & strikes

Italy

419 of its 1,694 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 169 of Rome's 250 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (265 stories). Plague was named in 167 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Rome stories →
Health

Nepal

410 of its 648 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Mount Everest accounted for 298 of Nepal's 410 stories about harm, carried by 483 outlets. Extreme cold was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Mount Everest stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Austria

161 of its 415 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Vienna accounted for 151 of Austria's 161 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

215 of its 408 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Baghdad accounted for 133 of Iraq's 215 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Thailand

114 of its 389 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 39 of Bangkok's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Hungary

147 of its 466 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (84 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Türkiye

256 of its 677 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

183 of its 500 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Myanmar

86 of its 112 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Yangon accounted for 66 of Myanmar's 86 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Japan

438 of its 1,976 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (261 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: oil spill in Cuba (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Lesotho (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tornadoes in US (3072 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); polio in Ghana (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (17 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 May. 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 36,588 stories about harm among 193,464 counted on 29 May.

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Mentions of oil spill ran more than ten times their usual in Cuba's news. of the day's 193,464 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 29 May 2018, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Italy's news was 25% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia79 in 100 of its 299 stories · usually 54 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Myanmar77 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Syria68 in 100 of its 341 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal63 in 100 of its 648 stories · usually 46 · mostly health Somalia57 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Rome Italy169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 250 Washington US123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1052 Zubin Potok 74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 135 Nablus Palestine64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 86 Chicago US60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 360

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 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 readCuraçao: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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 lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readChad: too little coverage to readCentral 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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 lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualLesotho: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBermuda: warmth about its own usualKulgam, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 52 stories, carried by 32 outletsYanbu, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsHelsinki, Finland -- other: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsYeovil, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 65 outletsMpumalanga, South Africa -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsKumbia, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 50 stories, carried by 37 outletsAmman, Jordan -- displacement: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsDetroit, US -- health: 34 stories, carried by 29 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

● Japan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● Guatemala warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kulgam Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 52 stories ● Yanbu Saudi Arabia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Helsinki Finland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · other · 13 stories ● Yeovil UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Mpumalanga South Africa about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 9,031 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Health24% 8,557 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents24% 8,490 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence13% 4,678 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,475 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,378 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 681 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 647 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 killed9,838 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,174 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,092 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,960 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees338 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Thailand and the US Stories reporting evacuations306 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced258 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions181 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill29 at about a third of 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.

● Angera little less than 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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