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18,085 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to drownings in Italy, rights and justice in Caracas and protests in Mexico City (Mexico). the Dominican Republic's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostMontenegro 95 in 100 of its 55 stories, usually 8
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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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Disasters & accidents

Italy

317 of its 644 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Lampedusa accounted for 253 of Italy's 317 stories about harm, carried by 256 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (142 stories). Drownings were named in 52 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with bridge collapse. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Lampedusa stories →
Rights & justice

Venezuela

136 of its 173 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Caracas accounted for 121 of Venezuela's 136 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Protests & strikes

Mexico

255 of its 507 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 129 of Mexico City's 145 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Hurricane was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm.

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

Hong Kong

126 of its 184 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. 62 of University of Hong Kong's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (88 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

427 of its 488 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 81%. Khartoum accounted for 399 of Sudan's 427 stories about harm, carried by 366 outlets. 388 of Khartoum's 399 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Libya

153 of its 225 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Tripoli accounted for 142 of Libya's 153 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (85 stories). Outbreaks were named in 85 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis and hunger.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

394 of its 486 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Kabul accounted for 219 of Afghanistan's 394 stories about harm, carried by 218 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Israel

784 of its 1,289 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jerusalem accounted for 725 of Israel's 784 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (522 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

23 of its 94 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. 16 of Manama's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (20 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Libya (85 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in North Korea (52 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); power cuts in Zimbabwe (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in China (43 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in Palestine (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 18,085 stories about harm among 85,028 counted on 30 Jun.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. 21 in every 100 of the day's 85,028 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. Libya's news mentioned outbreaks more than ten times as often as usual. Italy's news was 49% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. This week the news turned most often to Venezuela, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Montenegro95 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 8 · mostly conflict & violence Dominican Republic89 in 100 of its 231 stories · usually 50 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Sudan88 in 100 of its 488 stories · usually 81 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan81 in 100 of its 486 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela79 in 100 of its 173 stories · usually 40 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Khartoum Sudan388 stories about protests or strikes, of its 399 San Francisco US344 stories about protests or strikes, of its 395 Jerusalem Israel265 stories about protests or strikes, of its 725 Stonewall Inn US139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 Washington US131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 570

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 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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: 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: 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 lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSudan: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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 lessParaguay: 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 readNorway: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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 lessIraq: 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: 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 lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readDominican 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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: too little coverage to readChina: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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 lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualGaza, Palestine -- rights & justice: 120 stories, carried by 14 outletsMontreux, Switzerland -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 17 outletsDelta County, US -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 12 outletsColorado, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 40 stories, carried by 23 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 17 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 61 stories, carried by 42 outletsHanoi, Vietnam -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 10 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

● South Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● North Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual ● Albania warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Gaza Palestine about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 120 stories ● Montreux Switzerland about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Delta County US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Jammu Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 40 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice39% 7,013 stories · much more than usual (usually 31%) Conflict & violence17% 3,089 stories · about as usual Health16% 2,785 stories · much less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents15% 2,681 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,059 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 533 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 383 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 297 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 killed4,962 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,713 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,130 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people affected1,759 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations181 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions173 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees161 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced137 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill118 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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.

● Angera little more than 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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