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19,234 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Madrid (Spain), the drought in Somalia and rights and justice in Tehran. Somalia's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 49 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMalawi 46 in 100 of its 65 stories, usually 27
RegionCentral Asia 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Displacement

Somalia

24 of its 34 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Drought was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

142 of its 337 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tehran accounted for 88 of Iran's 142 stories about harm, carried by 168 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).

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

Hong Kong

70 of its 162 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 5 of Mong Kok's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Cambodia

34 of its 64 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 13 of Phnom Penh's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

Mandalay accounted for 19 of Myanmar's 36 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. 15 of Mandalay's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Belarus

Minsk accounted for 46 of Belarus' 64 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Malawi

30 of its 65 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Health

Cuba

40 of its 81 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Outbreaks were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Cuba (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in Ireland (23 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Afghanistan (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Israel (17 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in France (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 19,234 stories about harm among 89,776 counted on 22 Jun.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 24 February 2020. A year earlier, on 22 June 2020, 31 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. In Spain, 28% of the news was about people being harmed, where 18% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 89,776 stories, below the usual 23.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar72 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan63 in 100 of its 263 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Syria54 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq54 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia53 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US167 stories about protests or strikes, of its 807 Jerusalem Israel47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 127 Tehran Iran31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88 Houston US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95 Chicago US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 182

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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 readRussia: 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: 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 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 readLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 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: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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 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 lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 lessBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readHeard & 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: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readJammu & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUganda: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualOregon, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 21 outletsVermont, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 14 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- health: 23 stories, carried by 112 outletsNottingham, UK -- health: 21 stories, carried by 13 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- health: 12 stories, carried by 23 outletsTelangana, India -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsWhitehall, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 42 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 59 stories, carried by 83 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

● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Vermont US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Beirut Lebanon about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories ● Nottingham UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Brussels Belgium 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% 9,341 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 4,349 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents10% 1,911 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,401 stories · less than usual (usually 10%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 652 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 546 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 488 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 334 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 killed4,385 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,761 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,309 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured874 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees151 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions146 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced118 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations103 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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 about as 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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