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19,669 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Tbilisi (Georgia), building collapse in Cambodia and rights and justice in Amhara. Georgia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ethiopia and Syria →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCambodia 92 in 100 of its 239 stories, usually 43
RegionSoutheast Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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

Georgia

112 of its 131 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tbilisi accounted for 110 of Georgia's 112 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. 109 of Tbilisi's 110 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Georgia over 30 days → its stories → Tbilisi stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cambodia

221 of its 239 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Preah accounted for 122 of Cambodia's 221 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (157 stories). Building collapse was named in 130 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Preah stories →
Rights & justice

Ethiopia

499 of its 703 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Amhara accounted for 366 of Ethiopia's 499 stories about harm, carried by 362 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (277 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Amhara stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

119 of its 153 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Earthquake was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Ukraine

140 of its 189 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Kiev accounted for 124 of Ukraine's 140 stories about harm, carried by 168 outlets. 120 of Kiev's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (104 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Indonesia

120 of its 209 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 36 of Jakarta's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. HIV was named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Germany

206 of its 750 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 106 of Garzweiler's 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Spain

90 of its 387 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Road crashes were named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

1,340 of its 2,784 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (1,143 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

333 of its 695 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jerusalem accounted for 277 of Israel's 333 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (54 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Spain (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Indonesia (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in China (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Japan (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Mexico (17 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 23 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 19,669 stories about harm among 84,816 counted on 23 Jun.

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People displaced were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ethiopia and Syria. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 84,816 stories, above the usual 20. Georgia's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 45%. A year earlier, on 23 June 2018, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. This week the news turned most often to Iraq, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cambodia92 in 100 of its 239 stories · usually 43 · mostly disasters & accidents Georgia85 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan78 in 100 of its 198 stories · usually 78 · mostly rights & justice Iraq78 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Syria77 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Charlottesville US282 stories about protests or strikes, of its 306 Tehran Iran222 stories about protests or strikes, of its 922 Amhara Ethiopia141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 366 Kiev Ukraine120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124 Khartoum Sudan113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readTimor-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 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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 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: too little coverage to readHungary: 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 readSt 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: 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: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: too little coverage to readHong 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readUkraine: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualCharleston, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 56 stories, carried by 53 outletsSouth Carolina, US -- conflict & violence: 161 stories, carried by 316 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 31 outletsBrighton, UK -- health: 27 stories, carried by 122 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 57 stories, carried by 38 outletsNouakchott, Mauritania -- conflict & violence: 64 stories, carried by 53 outletsBalad, Iraq -- displacement: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsPulwama, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 14 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

● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Charleston US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 56 stories ● South Carolina US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 161 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 32 stories ● Brighton UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 27 stories ● Jammu Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 57 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 5,692 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 4,011 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence20% 3,837 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health15% 2,972 stories · much less than usual (usually 21%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given9% 1,700 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services3% 496 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 464 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 253 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 killed8,080 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting arrests2,560 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,455 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Cambodia Stories reporting people affected1,717 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees328 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and Israel Stories reporting people displaced264 at about twice the usual rate · most about Ethiopia and Syria Stories reporting abductions140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations133 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about half 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.