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36,039 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at rights and justice in Amhara, protests in Caracas (Venezuela) and a disaster in Preah. Ethiopia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIraq 83 in 100 of its 579 stories, usually 56
RegionSoutheast Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

204 of its 264 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Amhara accounted for 101 of Ethiopia's 204 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Amhara stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

136 of its 211 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Caracas accounted for 112 of Venezuela's 136 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. 94 of Caracas' 112 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (95 stories).

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cambodia

146 of its 193 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Preah accounted for 109 of Cambodia's 146 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Preah stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Cyprus

74 of its 136 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Bosnia

56 of its 65 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tuzla accounted for 55 of Bosnia's 56 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. 39 of Tuzla's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (55 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Georgia

105 of its 150 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tbilisi accounted for 99 of Georgia's 105 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. 98 of Tbilisi's 99 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

482 of its 579 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (175 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Cuba

65 of its 152 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Armenia

81 of its 246 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 47 of Yerevan's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (55 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

42 of its 80 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 12 of Port-au-Prince's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. 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: accidents in Malaysia (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Lithuania (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in Nepal (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in Greece (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Brazil (15 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 25 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 36,039 stories about harm among 176,205 counted on 25 Jun.

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20 in every 100 of the day's 176,205 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 25 June 2018, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia86 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 48 · mostly shelter & services Iraq83 in 100 of its 579 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia77 in 100 of its 264 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar76 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Cambodia76 in 100 of its 193 stories · usually 52 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US289 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1404 Tehran Iran203 stories about protests or strikes, of its 839 Gaza Palestine180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254 Beijing China125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228 Miami US105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 394

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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 lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMali: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: 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 lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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 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: too little coverage to readGermany: 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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 readCuba: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: too little coverage to readCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGeorgia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualWisconsin, US -- health: 61 stories, carried by 58 outletsLake Baroon, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 22 stories, carried by 28 outletsLyndonville, US -- conflict & violence: 49 stories, carried by 97 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- shelter & services: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsPort-au-Prince, Haiti -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 130 stories, carried by 94 outletsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 69 stories, carried by 63 outletsManama, Bahrain -- rights & justice: 12 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

● Georgia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Haiti warmth about one and a half times usual ● Venezuela warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Wisconsin US about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 61 stories ● Lake Baroon Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 22 stories ● Lyndonville US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 49 stories ● Juba South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 10 stories ● Port-au-Prince Haiti about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 11,965 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Health20% 7,077 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 5,506 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence14% 5,090 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,145 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,494 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,235 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 906 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 killed9,875 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,182 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,919 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,437 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Cambodia Stories reporting refugees860 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced231 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions201 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Cyprus Stories reporting evacuations173 at about half the usual rate · most about Germany and the US Stories reporting people falling ill77 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Malaysia and the US

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.

● 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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