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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Srebrenica, train derailment in Pakistan and arrests in France. Bosnia's coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 49 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBosnia 90 in 100 of its 114 stories, usually 49
RegionOceania 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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

Bosnia

103 of its 114 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Srebrenica accounted for 70 of Bosnia's 103 stories about harm, carried by 211 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Srebrenica stories →
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

382 of its 848 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (101 stories). Train derailment was named in 111 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with polio.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

France

254 of its 948 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (135 stories). Outbreaks were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

France over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

36 of its 40 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Solhan accounted for 29 of Burkina Faso's 36 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

22 of its 40 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

34 of its 54 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Australia

Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (185 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms.

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Health

Canada

Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (104 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

US

Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (78 stories). Hantavirus was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in Australia (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in China (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); hantavirus in US (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 20,316 stories about harm among 90,872 counted on 8 Jun.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 25 February 2020. A year earlier, on 8 June 2020, 35 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Bosnia stood out: 90% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 49%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 90,872 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 25.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia90 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq63 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan60 in 100 of its 196 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Syria52 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine51 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US203 stories about protests or strikes, of its 765 Jerusalem Israel52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109 London UK35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 422 New York US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 216 Moscow Russia23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 90

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: 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 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: too little coverage to readTimor-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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readN. 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 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 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: 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 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualChongqing, China -- health: 16 stories, carried by 17 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 27 stories, carried by 18 outletsOregon, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 34 stories, carried by 10 outletsEnglish Channel, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsColorado, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 18 outletsLucknow, India -- health: 16 stories, carried by 11 outletsEssex, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 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

● Chongqing China about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Dubai United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 27 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 34 stories ● English Channel UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health49% 9,808 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 4,489 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents10% 2,013 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,763 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 767 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 519 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 454 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 284 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 killed4,885 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests2,004 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,511 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured940 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees226 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Guatemala Stories reporting people displaced134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions115 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations87 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China

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
● 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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