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The news turned to protests in Oromo (Ethiopia), landslides in Myanmar and people killed in Botswana. Botswana's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 59 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostEthiopia 83 in 100 of its 173 stories, usually 48
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

143 of its 173 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Oromo accounted for 87 of Ethiopia's 143 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. 65 of Oromo's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Oromo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Myanmar

75 of its 99 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Yangon accounted for 55 of Myanmar's 75 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Landslides were named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Health

Botswana

87 of its 127 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (81 stories). Poisoning was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with drought. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Botswana over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

109 of its 142 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Jammu accounted for 46 of Kashmir's 109 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Hong Kong

187 of its 347 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 65 of Causeway Bay's 82 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Denmark

31 of its 79 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

North Korea

18 of its 45 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Egypt

94 of its 198 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Cairo accounted for 57 of Egypt's 94 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets.

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Rights & justice

Poland

43 of its 109 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Health

Mexico

Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Kenya (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Canada (50 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Brazil (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in China (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Australia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

30 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 32,871 stories about harm among 108,598 counted on 2 Jul.

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In Myanmar's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 30 in every 100 of the day's 108,598 stories, below the usual 33. It was the third day running that the news turned to Ethiopia. On 3 July 2019, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 30 today. Ethiopia stood out: 83% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 48%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia83 in 100 of its 173 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir77 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar76 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents Botswana69 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 31 · mostly health Yemen68 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 72 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US226 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1339 Beijing China188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 413 Los Angeles US79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 333 Chicago US71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 255 New York US67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 435

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: 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 lessKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readFiji: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readDR 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 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 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSyria: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualClodagh, Ireland -- health: 15 stories, carried by 18 outletsLough Derg, Ireland -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsChelmsford, UK -- health: 32 stories, carried by 24 outletsRhode Island, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 51 stories, carried by 58 outletsIllinois, US -- health: 34 stories, carried by 33 outletsCauseway Bay, Hong Kong -- rights & justice: 82 stories, carried by 191 outletsCopenhagen, Denmark -- health: 16 stories, carried by 45 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

● Clodagh Ireland about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Lough Derg Ireland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories ● Chelmsford UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 32 stories ● Rhode Island US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 51 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health59% 19,399 stories · more than usual (usually 55%) Rights & justice21% 6,814 stories · much less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents6% 2,098 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,834 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,243 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 644 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 314 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 263 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 killed8,590 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,622 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,979 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,543 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees179 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions122 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations111 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced98 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill64 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.