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20,049 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Illness in Lusaka, protests in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) and flooding in Nepal drew the news. Zambia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 47 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostHong Kong 60 in 100 of its 254 stories, usually 28
RegionCentral Asia 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
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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Health

Zambia

89 of its 170 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Lusaka accounted for 73 of Zambia's 89 stories about harm, carried by 158 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (61 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hiv. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Zambia over 30 days → its stories → Lusaka stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

48 of its 74 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Kathmandu accounted for 34 of Nepal's 48 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with landslides and heavy rain.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Rights & justice

Hong Kong

152 of its 254 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (116 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

North Korea

38 of its 51 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Pyongyang accounted for 27 of North Korea's 38 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Typhoon was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding and hunger.

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Health

Uganda

58 of its 114 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Displacement

Venezuela

23 of its 43 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Gabon

6 of its 10 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Romania

36 of its 131 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Russia

Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in North Korea (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Brazil (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Afghanistan (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Australia (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in US (145 of its stories, about 5 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 17 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 20,049 stories about harm among 92,249 counted on 17 Jun.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 24 February 2020. of the day's 92,249 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 24. Zambia's news mentioned respiratory illness more than ten times as often as usual. On 17 June 2020, a year earlier, the share was 32 in every 100, against 22 today. In Zambia, 52% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

North Korea75 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 34 · mostly health Nepal65 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 49 · mostly disasters & accidents Hong Kong60 in 100 of its 254 stories · usually 28 · mostly rights & justice Côte d’Ivoire59 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 24 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US175 stories about protests or strikes, of its 740 Delhi India96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 272 Moscow Russia81 stories about protests or strikes, of its 207 Jerusalem Israel68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 New York US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 198

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 lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: 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: 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: 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 readTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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 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: 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 lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: warmth about its own usualYemen: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChad: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBuhari, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsMaiduguri, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 15 outletsDelaware, US -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 14 outletsKansas, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsHong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 34 outletsExeter, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 77 outletsColchester, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsBeijing, China -- rights & justice: 116 stories, carried by 269 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

● Hong Kong warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Buhari Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Maiduguri Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Delaware US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Kansas US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Hong Kong about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 26 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health47% 9,268 stories · less than usual (usually 49%) Rights & justice23% 4,608 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents11% 2,114 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 1,667 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 651 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 628 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 581 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 328 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 killed4,374 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests1,803 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,490 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured837 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees198 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced109 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Ethiopia Stories reporting evacuations89 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill21 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
● 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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