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8,517 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to deaths in East London, violence in Oslo and protests in Quito (Ecuador). South Africa's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNorway 72 in 100 of its 101 stories, usually 26
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

South Africa

222 of its 448 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. East London accounted for 120 of South Africa's 222 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (160 stories). Poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories → East London stories →
Conflict & violence

Norway

73 of its 101 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Oslo accounted for 70 of Norway's 73 stories about harm, carried by 260 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Norway over 30 days → its stories → Oslo stories →
Protests & strikes

Ecuador

21 of its 31 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Quito accounted for 20 of Ecuador's 21 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. 20 of Quito's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Quito stories →
Rights & justice

Spain

72 of its 308 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (21 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Ukraine

304 of its 662 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kyiv accounted for 189 of Ukraine's 304 stories about harm, carried by 351 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Colombia

28 of its 54 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories).

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Health

Indonesia

37 of its 91 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 40 of Afghanistan's 94 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Cholera was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Morocco

3 of Rabat's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Switzerland (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in China (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Afghanistan (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); polio in UK (28 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatstroke in Canada (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 8,517 stories about harm among 37,585 counted on 26 Jun.

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Switzerland's news mentioned outbreaks about 4 times as often as usual. 23 in every 100 of the day's 37,585 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In South Africa, 50% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual. On 26 June 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 23 today. This week the news turned most often to Ecuador, on 6 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Norway72 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 26 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan69 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 66 · mostly disasters & accidents Colombia52 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 32 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Rwanda51 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 50 · mostly health South Africa50 in 100 of its 448 stories · usually 30 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 258 Kyiv Ukraine54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 189 Chicago US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95 Ahmedabad India25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 28 Los Angeles US22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 47

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: too little coverage to readEswatini: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: 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: 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: 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 lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 readOttawa, Canada -- health: 15 stories, carried by 18 outletsMinnesota, US -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsFlorida, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 32 outletsShiv, India -- conflict & violence: 121 stories, carried by 29 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 28 stories, carried by 91 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

● Ottawa Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Minnesota US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Florida US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Shiv India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 121 stories ● Glasgow UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 28 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health35% 2,958 stories · less than usual (usually 39%) Rights & justice22% 1,829 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence14% 1,193 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 1,065 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 574 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 429 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 185 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 176 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 killed2,086 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected739 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests734 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured701 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting refugees80 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions78 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Pakistan Stories reporting evacuations69 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced40 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as usual

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