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31,578 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Cairo (Egypt), power cuts in Argentina and illness in Punta Cana. Syria's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostArgentina 71 in 100 of its 563 stories, usually 31
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

725 of its 1,194 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Cairo accounted for 574 of Egypt's 725 stories about harm, carried by 569 outlets. 293 of Cairo's 574 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (184 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Shelter & services

Argentina

401 of its 563 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Buenos Aires accounted for 364 of Argentina's 401 stories about harm, carried by 499 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Power cuts were named in 291 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Buenos Aires stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 137 of Syria's 174 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (96 stories). Illness was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Sudan

288 of its 337 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Khartoum accounted for 226 of Sudan's 288 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. 218 of Khartoum's 226 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Algeria

85 of its 117 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Algiers accounted for 63 of Algeria's 85 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. 61 of Algiers' 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

China

1,048 of its 4,784 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 513 of Beijing's 607 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Earthquake was named in 135 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hepatitis.

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Health

Kenya

259 of its 575 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (139 stories). Ebola was named in 141 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with haemorrhagic fever.

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Disasters & accidents

Türkiye

249 of its 658 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (175 stories). Drought was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

184 of its 275 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Kenya (141 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Portugal (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Angola (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Congo (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Belarus (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 31,578 stories about harm among 152,949 counted on 17 Jun.

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In Egypt, 61% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 152,949 stories, above the usual 19. On 17 June 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan85 in 100 of its 337 stories · usually 75 · mostly rights & justice Congo80 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 77 · mostly health Dominican Republic74 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 39 · mostly health Algeria73 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice Argentina71 in 100 of its 563 stories · usually 31 · mostly shelter & services

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beijing China513 stories about protests or strikes, of its 607 Cairo Egypt293 stories about protests or strikes, of its 574 Khartoum Sudan218 stories about protests or strikes, of its 226 Washington US201 stories about protests or strikes, of its 929 Lai Chi Kok Hong Kong124 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessSpain: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: 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 readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: too little coverage to readJapan: 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 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: too little coverage to readBurundi: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBahrain: 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 readHeard & 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 lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: 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 its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualPebble Beach, Australia -- other: 23 stories, carried by 23 outletsMarawi, Philippines -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsMaryland, US -- food & livelihood: 39 stories, carried by 42 outletsHuambo, Angola -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 65 outletsGidan, Nigeria -- displacement: 24 stories, carried by 18 outletsCharlotte, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 41 stories, carried by 52 outletsRedbridge, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 40 stories, carried by 18 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

● Hungary warmth about one and a half times usual ● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Angola warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Pebble Beach Australia about 4 times as warm as the day's news · other · 23 stories ● Marawi Philippines about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Maryland US about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 39 stories ● Huambo Angola about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Gidan Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 24 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 10,132 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Health21% 6,605 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 4,763 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence15% 4,632 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,150 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,512 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 690 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 575 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 killed8,650 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,057 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,004 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,697 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees360 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced258 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions218 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations175 at about half the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting people falling ill32 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Dominican Republic

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 harsher 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.