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The day's news pointed at protests in Oromo (Ethiopia), violence in Sopore and a disaster in Tehran. Ethiopia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 59 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostEthiopia 81 in 100 of its 130 stories, usually 46
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

105 of its 130 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Oromo accounted for 48 of Ethiopia's 105 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. 38 of Oromo's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Kashmir

142 of its 186 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Sopore accounted for 78 of Kashmir's 142 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Sopore stories →
Disasters & accidents

Iran

167 of its 316 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tehran accounted for 120 of Iran's 167 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Health

Bangladesh

Dhaka accounted for 82 of Bangladesh's 156 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Hong Kong

264 of its 438 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Causeway Bay accounted for 134 of Hong Kong's 264 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. 111 of Causeway Bay's 134 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

38 of its 56 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. 16 of Khartoum's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Czechia

57 of its 123 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Prague accounted for 45 of the Czechia's 57 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories).

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Health

Botswana

19 of its 34 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Panama

22 of its 39 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Health

Denmark

41 of its 115 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in South Korea (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in New Zealand (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); accidents in India (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in UK (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

30 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 33; 30 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 33,664 stories about harm among 112,019 counted on 1 Jul.

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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 respiratory illness ran more than ten times their usual. the news turned to Ethiopia for the second day running. 30 in every 100 of the day's 112,019 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 33. Over June, 33 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 in June 2019.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia81 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir76 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Syria70 in 100 of its 180 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan68 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 57 · mostly health Afghanistan64 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US283 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1481 Beijing China200 stories about protests or strikes, of its 465 Causeway Bay Hong Kong111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 New York US104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 530 Manhattan US84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 257

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: 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 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: 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 lessSwitzerland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: 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: 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 lessRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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 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: 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: 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 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 readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: 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: 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 readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: 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 readSyria: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualCauseway Bay, Hong Kong -- rights & justice: 134 stories, carried by 185 outletsMinnesota, US -- health: 62 stories, carried by 78 outletsInverness, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsDevonport, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsMontana, US -- health: 29 stories, carried by 75 outletsDoha, Qatar -- health: 10 stories, carried by 15 outletsIdlib, Syria -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 45 outletsCopenhagen, Denmark -- health: 28 stories, carried by 94 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

● Causeway Bay Hong Kong about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 134 stories ● Minnesota US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 62 stories ● Inverness UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Devonport UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 29 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health59% 19,825 stories · more than usual (usually 54%) Rights & justice21% 6,980 stories · much less than usual (usually 26%) Conflict & violence6% 2,068 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents6% 2,061 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,193 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 645 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 354 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 275 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 killed8,446 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,425 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,034 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,532 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees200 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions110 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations99 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill67 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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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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