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16,228 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Oromo (Ethiopia), violence in Baghdad and illness in Zagreb. Ethiopia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 56 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCroatia 73 in 100 of its 55 stories, usually 24
RegionSouth Asia 45 in 100 of its stories, usually 40
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

44 of its 50 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Oromo accounted for 21 of Ethiopia's 44 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. 14 of Oromo's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Iraq

43 of its 70 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Baghdad accounted for 35 of Iraq's 43 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Rights & justice

Malaysia

78 of its 211 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Malaysia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Madagascar

12 of its 12 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Antananarivo accounted for 12 of Madagascar's 12 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

176 of its 496 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about 10 times the usual rate (97 stories). Flooding was named in 80 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides, heavy rain and hypothermia.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

27 of its 46 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Algeria

32 of its 49 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Israel

167 of its 352 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Health

India

1,578 of its 3,465 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Volcanic eruption was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Japan (80 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Bermuda (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Kashmir (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hiv in Switzerland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Ireland (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

34 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 16,228 stories about harm among 48,170 counted on 5 Jul.

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For the sixth day running, the news turned to Ethiopia. Stories about people being harmed made up 34 in every 100 of the day's 48,170 stories, above the usual 32. On 6 July 2019, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 34 today. In Ethiopia, 88% of the news was about people being harmed, where 51% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Ethiopia, on 6 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia88 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Croatia73 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 24 · mostly health Syria70 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir66 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq61 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US291 stories about protests or strikes, of its 766 Boston US55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137 Capitol Hill US54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 69 Mount Rushmore US46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 70 Beijing China44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134

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: 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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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 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: 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 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: 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 lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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: 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 readYorkshire, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 21 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 29 stories, carried by 29 outletsSalem, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsPennsylvania, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 17 outletsTunis, Tunisia -- health: 11 stories, carried by 16 outletsPrince Edward Island, Canada -- health: 11 stories, carried by 48 outletsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 89 outletsPortroe, Ireland -- disasters & accidents: 20 stories, carried by 16 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

● Yorkshire UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Glasgow UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 29 stories ● Salem US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Pennsylvania US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Tunis Tunisia 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 →

Health56% 9,009 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 3,075 stories · much less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents10% 1,549 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Conflict & violence7% 1,192 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 738 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 249 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 152 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 135 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 killed5,436 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests1,218 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,071 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations71 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and Japan Stories reporting people displaced68 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees55 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Palestine and Israel Stories reporting abductions48 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill19 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iran 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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.