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18,077 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to landslides in Afghanistan, protests in Quito (Ecuador) and evacuations in Malta. Afghanistan'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 41 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 82 in 100 of its 425 stories, usually 61
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
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

Afghanistan

350 of its 425 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Khost accounted for 111 of Afghanistan's 350 stories about harm, carried by 230 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (222 stories). Landslides were named in 64 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain, drought and tsunami. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Khost stories →
Protests & strikes

Ecuador

31 of its 44 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Quito accounted for 24 of Ecuador's 31 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. 21 of Quito's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 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.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Quito stories →
Health

Malta

41 of its 86 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Malta over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

19 of its 25 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Türkiye

Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Wildfires were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Guadeloupe

27 of its 27 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. French West Indies accounted for 18 of Guadeloupe's 27 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets.

its stories →
Health

Denmark

40 of its 101 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Covid was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Somalia

22 of its 28 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Kazakhstan

12 of its 33 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Argentina

Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Denmark (33 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Rwanda (53 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); outbreaks in South Africa (49 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in UK (99 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 18,077 stories about harm among 84,653 counted on 23 Jun.

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The news turned to Afghanistan for the second day running. 21 in every 100 of the day's 84,653 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Afghanistan, 82% of the news was about people being harmed, where 61% is usual. A year earlier, on 23 June 2021, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan82 in 100 of its 425 stories · usually 61 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar59 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice Rwanda55 in 100 of its 320 stories · usually 51 · mostly health Ethiopia54 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 49 · mostly food & livelihood Palestine49 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 50 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US150 stories about protests or strikes, of its 701 London UK77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 420 Uvalde US61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 312 Boston US55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186 New York US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: 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: 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 readThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 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: 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: 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 lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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 readNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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: 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 lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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 lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSomalia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualSanju, India -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 33 stories, carried by 18 outletsTel Aviv, Israel -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 10 outletsGrand Rapids, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 28 outletsAdelaide, Australia -- health: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsAmagasaki, Japan -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsLake District, UK -- health: 12 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

● Sanju India about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 33 stories ● Tel Aviv Israel about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Grand Rapids US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Adelaide Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health41% 7,336 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 3,478 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,293 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,800 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Food & livelihood8% 1,420 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 675 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 579 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 305 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 killed3,996 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,653 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,371 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured941 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees192 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations157 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting abductions141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill24 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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