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19,318 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Marib, protests in Jenin (Palestine) and the hurricane in Puerto Rico. Yemen's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 50 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPuerto Rico 67 in 100 of its 52 stories, usually 24
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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Conflict & violence

Yemen

41 of its 51 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Marib accounted for 19 of Yemen's 41 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Marib stories →
Protests & strikes

Palestine

43 of its 68 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. 9 of Jenin's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Jenin stories →
Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

35 of its 52 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Hurricane was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts and heavy rain.

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

Algeria

20 of its 38 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 10 of Algiers' 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Mali

18 of its 36 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Ethiopia

Tigray accounted for 43 of Ethiopia's 56 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Hunger was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Tanzania

17 of its 55 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mozambique

Cabo Delgado accounted for 16 of Mozambique's 22 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Australia

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Ethiopia (34 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Uganda (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); dengue in Indonesia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Philippines (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Israel (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 19,318 stories about harm among 86,894 counted on 11 Jun.

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22 in every 100 of the day's 86,894 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 24. On 11 June 2020, a year earlier, the share was 32 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen80 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Puerto Rico67 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 24 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine63 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan55 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia50 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 46 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 707 Carbis Bay UK44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 175 Manhattan US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 135 London UK39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 363 Jerusalem Israel36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 90

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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 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: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readJapan: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: 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 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 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 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBarbados: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualHong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsNew Forest, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsHawaii, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsIndiana, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 69 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 27 stories, carried by 25 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 14 stories, carried by 32 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

● Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Hong Kong about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● New Forest UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Hawaii US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Indiana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 27 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health50% 9,615 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 4,142 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents10% 1,906 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,402 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 797 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 520 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 494 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 243 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 killed4,445 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests1,668 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,252 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured880 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting abductions139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees127 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced104 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia Stories reporting evacuations64 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill19 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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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