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33,210 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Khartoum (Sudan), violence in Bamako and people killed in North Korea. Mali's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMali 91 in 100 of its 351 stories, usually 39
RegionCentral Asia 54 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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

Sudan

391 of its 464 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Khartoum accounted for 359 of Sudan's 391 stories about harm, carried by 266 outlets. 353 of Khartoum's 359 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (140 stories). Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

318 of its 351 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Bamako accounted for 138 of Mali's 318 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Bamako stories →
Rights & justice

North Korea

78 of its 141 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Belarus

24 of its 92 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Kazakhstan

227 of its 365 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Almaty accounted for 146 of Kazakhstan's 227 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. 145 of Almaty's 146 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (216 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

424 of its 624 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 35 of Wanchai's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

113 of its 159 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 85 of Haiti's 113 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. 82 of Port-au-Prince's 85 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Botswana

31 of its 102 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 21 of Gaborone's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). HIV was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Jordan

93 of its 265 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

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Displacement

Somalia

Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Outbreaks were named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning. 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: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (72 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); wildfires in Greece (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Botswana (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Somalia (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Malaysia (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 33,210 stories about harm among 167,851 counted on 10 Jun.

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It was the ninth day running that the news turned to Sudan. of the day's 167,851 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Indonesia's news mentioned volcanic eruption about 8 times as often as usual. On 10 June 2018, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 20 today. In Sudan, 84% of the news was about people being harmed, where 69% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali91 in 100 of its 351 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan84 in 100 of its 464 stories · usually 69 · mostly rights & justice Syria76 in 100 of its 219 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti71 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 29 · mostly rights & justice Hong Kong68 in 100 of its 624 stories · usually 30 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Khartoum Sudan353 stories about protests or strikes, of its 359 Washington US291 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1112 Beijing China214 stories about protests or strikes, of its 290 Almaty Kazakhstan145 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146 Ramallah Palestine134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 277

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 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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 lessSomaliland: 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: 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 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 readPalau: 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: 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 readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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 lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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 lessCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: 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 lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: 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 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 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 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 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): 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 lessEast Jerusalem: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVanuatu: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSolomon Islands: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualBotswana: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBaidoa, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsAyodhya, India -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsNebraska, US -- disasters & accidents: 18 stories, carried by 25 outletsKhost, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsOklahoma, US -- disasters & accidents: 144 stories, carried by 188 outletsCambridge, UK -- disasters & accidents: 64 stories, carried by 201 outletsPhnom Penh, Cambodia -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 23 outletsOtago, New Zealand -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 11 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

● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Hong Kong warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mexico warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Baidoa Somalia about 5 times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Ayodhya India about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Nebraska US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 18 stories ● Khost Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Oklahoma US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 144 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 9,963 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 6,873 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Health20% 6,570 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 4,572 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,867 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,566 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 883 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 430 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 killed9,534 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,606 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,401 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,309 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees422 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations285 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions279 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced263 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill43 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
● 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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