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14,249 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Heavy rain in Bangladesh, violence in Kabul and illness in Kigali drew the news. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 73 in 100 of its 199 stories, usually 54
RegionSouth Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

162 of its 294 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Sylhet accounted for 60 of Bangladesh's 162 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Heavy rain was named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with landslides, power cuts and storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Sylhet stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

145 of its 199 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Kabul accounted for 109 of Afghanistan's 145 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

48 of its 74 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Qatar

49 of its 228 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Doha accounted for 46 of Qatar's 49 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Spain

81 of its 370 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Wildfires were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

42 of its 135 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Brussels accounted for 31 of Belgium's 42 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Macao

16 of its 21 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Outbreaks were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

its stories →
Health

South Sudan

18 of its 23 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Macao (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); illness in Romania (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Taiwan (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Türkiye (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Spain (22 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 20 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 14,249 stories about harm among 66,178 counted on 20 Jun.

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The news turned to Bangladesh for the third day running. 22 in every 100 of the day's 66,178 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Bangladesh's news, mentions of heavy rain ran about 6 times their usual. On 20 June 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 22 today. Bangladesh's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 42%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan73 in 100 of its 199 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia65 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Syria62 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir61 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda59 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 50 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 443 London UK94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 323 Delhi India84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 245 Colombo Sri Lanka25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 47 Kabul Afghanistan22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109

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: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSão 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: 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 lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: 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 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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 lessFrance: 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: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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 lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: 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 readThailand: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualArkansas, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 66 outletsBoise, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 23 outletsPulwama, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 14 outletsBrecon Beacons, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsBankass, Mali -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 37 outletsElmley, UK -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsSanju, India -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsPhnom Penh, Cambodia -- health: 15 stories, carried by 12 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

● Arkansas US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Boise US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Pulwama Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Brecon Beacons UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Bankass Mali about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health38% 5,390 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 2,693 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 1,883 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,573 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Food & livelihood8% 1,065 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 617 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 451 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 372 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 killed2,977 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,588 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests1,141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured773 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees310 at about twice the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the UK Stories reporting people displaced166 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Bangladesh Stories reporting evacuations128 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions96 at about the usual rate

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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