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27,155 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Tunis, rights and justice in Stockholm and protests in Conakry (Guinea). Tunisia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Japan →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuernsey 77 in 100 of its 96 stories, usually 9
RegionEast Asia 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Tunisia

190 of its 213 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Tunis accounted for 105 of Tunisia's 190 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Tunis stories →
Rights & justice

Sweden

210 of its 511 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Stockholm accounted for 187 of Sweden's 210 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (136 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Stockholm stories →
Protests & strikes

Guinea

9 of its 25 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 6 of Conakry's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 94 of Sudan's 152 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. 90 of Khartoum's 94 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Honduras

154 of its 172 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 66 of Honduras' 154 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (141 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Oman

47 of its 109 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Road crashes were named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

170 of its 212 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. 17 of Hawassa's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (99 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Malawi

57 of its 131 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 16 of Lilongwe's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Cyclone was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

604 of its 1,405 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Italy (203 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Oman (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Germany (63 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in China (137 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Greece (19 of its stories, about 5 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 4 Jul. 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 27,155 stories about harm among 137,202 counted on 4 Jul.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Japan. of the day's 137,202 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Tunisia stood out: 89% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 56%. On 4 July 2018, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya92 in 100 of its 621 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence DR Congo91 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 72 · mostly disasters & accidents Honduras90 in 100 of its 172 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Tunisia89 in 100 of its 213 stories · usually 56 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan81 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 82 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US347 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1013 Ridgecrest US143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 550 Jerusalem Israel128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 208 San Francisco US118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 236 Tripoli Libya108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 502

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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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 readPapua 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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 readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMadagascar: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCongo: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualGibraltar: warmth about its own usualLake Erie, US -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 21 outletsAnais, France -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsPalm Beach, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 31 outletsSurabaya, Indonesia -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsAlexandria, Egypt -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 83 stories, carried by 80 outletsAccra, Ghana -- rights & justice: 41 stories, carried by 13 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 83 stories, carried by 74 outletsNasarawa, Nigeria -- shelter & services: 10 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

● Venezuela warmth about one and a half times usual ● North Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Congo warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Lake Erie US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Anais France about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 11 stories ● Palm Beach US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Surabaya Indonesia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Alexandria Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 83 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 8,377 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 5,859 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Health19% 4,962 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Conflict & violence15% 3,996 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,457 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 906 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 667 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 471 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 killed7,653 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,201 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,501 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,119 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees622 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Libya Stories reporting evacuations594 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting abductions191 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced148 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and China Stories reporting people falling ill39 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Congo

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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