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The day's news pointed at arrests in Syria, illness in Dubai and protests in Minsk (Belarus). Syria's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 55 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPalestine 62 in 100 of its 98 stories, usually 48
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

Syria

82 of its 117 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

128 of its 188 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Jammu accounted for 64 of Kashmir's 128 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

China

Beijing accounted for 652 of China's 1,446 stories about harm, carried by 764 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (112 stories). Natural hazards were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Health

Nigeria

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Polio was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Ireland

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Drownings were named in 10 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.

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Health

Yemen

29 of its 31 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Sanaa accounted for 16 of Yemen's 29 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets.

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Health

Bahrain

19 of its 46 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in South Korea (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Nigeria (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in India (61 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Ireland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in China (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

31 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 34; 31 the day before
38 in 10031 in 10021 May28 May4 Jun11 Jun19 Jun21 May: 32 in 10022 May: 32 in 10023 May: 34 in 10024 May: 35 in 10025 May: 33 in 10026 May: 32 in 10027 May: 32 in 10028 May: 32 in 10029 May: 32 in 10030 May: 36 in 10031 May: 38 in 1001 Jun: 35 in 1002 Jun: 36 in 1003 Jun: 35 in 1004 Jun: 35 in 1005 Jun: 34 in 1006 Jun: 37 in 1007 Jun: 38 in 1008 Jun: 35 in 1009 Jun: 33 in 10010 Jun: 33 in 10011 Jun: 32 in 10012 Jun: 32 in 10013 Jun: 35 in 10014 Jun: 35 in 10015 Jun: 33 in 10016 Jun: 32 in 10017 Jun: 32 in 10018 Jun: 31 in 10019 Jun: 31 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 31,830 stories about harm among 103,436 counted on 19 Jun.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 11 March 2020. In South Korea's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 31 in every 100 of the day's 103,436 stories, below the usual 34. A year earlier, on 20 June 2019, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 31 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria70 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir68 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 48 · mostly health Afghanistan56 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Guam53 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 40 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US403 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1259 Tulsa US140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 267 Texas US102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 386 Chicago US99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 310 Beijing China89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 652

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: 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: 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: 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 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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 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: too little coverage to readPeru: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIreland: 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 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 lessHungary: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: 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: 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 readSyria: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualGeorgia: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualSwat, Pakistan -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 15 outletsTeklanika River, US -- disasters & accidents: 29 stories, carried by 47 outletsIllinois, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 86 outletsWest Midlands, UK -- health: 32 stories, carried by 47 outletsLadakh, Kashmir -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsPulwama, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 25 outletsNuffield, UK -- health: 32 stories, carried by 44 outletsCopenhagen, Denmark -- health: 11 stories, carried by 19 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Swat Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Teklanika River US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 29 stories ● Illinois US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● West Midlands UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 32 stories ● Ladakh Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health55% 17,236 stories · less than usual (usually 58%) Rights & justice26% 8,147 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence6% 2,009 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents6% 1,755 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 1,060 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 655 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 381 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 302 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 killed8,059 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,095 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured1,227 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees265 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced167 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions113 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations93 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill55 at about the usual rate

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
● Griefa little less 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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