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26,710 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Oromo (Ethiopia), illness in Pyongyang and a disaster in Yangon. Ethiopia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 58 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNorth Korea 62 in 100 of its 104 stories, usually 28
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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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

77 of its 101 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Oromo accounted for 33 of Ethiopia's 77 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. 25 of Oromo's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Oromo stories →
Health

North Korea

65 of its 104 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Pyongyang accounted for 38 of North Korea's 65 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Disasters & accidents

Myanmar

35 of its 52 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Yangon accounted for 25 of Myanmar's 35 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories).

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Rights & justice

Türkiye

Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (52 stories). Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Denmark

59 of its 104 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Copenhagen accounted for 47 of Denmark's 59 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. 32 of Copenhagen's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).

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Health

Saudi Arabia

123 of its 218 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Riyadh accounted for 76 of Saudi Arabia's 123 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

127 of its 239 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 25 of Hong Kong's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Health

Botswana

51 of its 93 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Pakistan

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (72 stories). Accidents were named in 18 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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Rights & justice

Poland

61 of its 118 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Bangladesh (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); accidents in Pakistan (18 of its stories, more than ten 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 3 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 26,710 stories about harm among 87,714 counted on 3 Jul.

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The news turned to Ethiopia for the fourth day running. 30 in every 100 of the day's 87,714 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 33. In North Korea's news, mentions of outbreaks ran about three times their usual. A year earlier, on 4 July 2019, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 30 today. Ethiopia's news was 76% about people being harmed, against a usual 50%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia76 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Myanmar67 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 46 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria63 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence North Korea62 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 28 · mostly health Kashmir60 in 100 of its 179 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US200 stories about protests or strikes, of its 879 Beijing China151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 372 Mount Rushmore US61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 London UK46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 489 Chicago US42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 208

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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: 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 lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 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: 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 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 readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: 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 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: too little coverage to readEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readPoland: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualClodagh, Ireland -- health: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsHong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong -- rights & justice: 38 stories, carried by 86 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 36 stories, carried by 27 outletsKansas, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 101 outletsStevens Point, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsFelixstowe, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 12 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- health: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 76 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 ● Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Hong Kong about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 38 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 36 stories ● Kansas US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Stevens Point US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health58% 15,284 stories · more than usual (usually 55%) Rights & justice21% 5,540 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents8% 1,994 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,623 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,108 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 524 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 225 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 216 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 killed7,361 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,145 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,550 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,342 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions174 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced94 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations76 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting people falling ill60 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about South Korea and the US

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.

● Angera little less 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.