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36,384 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to road crashes in the Dominican Republic, protests in Khartoum (Sudan) and arrests in Germany. Germany's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostDominican Republic 68 in 100 of its 148 stories, usually 29
RegionOceania 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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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Health

Dominican Republic

100 of its 148 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. la Romana accounted for 55 of the Dominican Republic's 100 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Road crashes were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Dominican Republic over 30 days → its stories → La Romana stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

577 of its 763 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Khartoum accounted for 485 of Sudan's 577 stories about harm, carried by 383 outlets. 446 of Khartoum's 485 stories were about protests or strikes. Outbreaks were named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Rights & justice

Germany

776 of its 2,025 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (276 stories). Drownings were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Hungary

219 of its 410 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Budapest accounted for 214 of Hungary's 219 stories about harm, carried by 228 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories).

Hungary over 30 days → its stories → Budapest stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Fiji

55 of its 113 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (27 stories). Flu was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

137 of its 306 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (107 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

France

Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Hurricane was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with typhoon. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Switzerland

Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). HIV was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Denmark

20 of Copenhagen's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 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: flu in Fiji (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Japan (94 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Uganda (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in Nepal (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Kenya (17 of its stories, about 10 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 6 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 36,384 stories about harm among 188,397 counted on 6 Jun.

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The news turned to the Dominican Republic for the second day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 188,397 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In the Dominican Republic, 68% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. On 6 June 2018, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger92 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Congo81 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 75 · mostly health Sudan76 in 100 of its 763 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Libya69 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Dominican Republic68 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 29 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Khartoum Sudan446 stories about protests or strikes, of its 485 Omaha Beach France444 stories about protests or strikes, of its 904 Stonewall Inn US327 stories about protests or strikes, of its 567 Washington US169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 918 San Francisco US134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 242

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: 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 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 lessSouth 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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 readCuraçao: 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: 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 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 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: 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 lessGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 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 lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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 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: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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 readTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualLithuania: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCosta Rica: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualSmyrna, Türkiye -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 35 stories, carried by 35 outletsRichmond, US -- rights & justice: 61 stories, carried by 56 outletsRichland, US -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 17 outletsLilongwe, Malawi -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsCheltenham, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 23 outletsGlace Bay, Canada -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 65 outletsCopenhagen, Denmark -- displacement: 35 stories, carried by 32 outletsTijuana, Mexico -- rights & justice: 44 stories, carried by 48 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 ● Costa Rica warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Smyrna Türkiye about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 35 stories ● Richmond US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 61 stories ● Richland US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Lilongwe Malawi about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Cheltenham UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 10,760 stories · about as usual Health22% 7,777 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 6,337 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 5,817 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,278 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,353 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 734 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 663 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 killed11,637 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,633 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,362 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions328 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees297 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Denmark Stories reporting people displaced168 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting evacuations131 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people falling ill47 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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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