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18,337 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Tulua (Colombia), gas explosion in Jordan and arrests in Germany drew the news. Syria's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostJordan 53 in 100 of its 202 stories, usually 18
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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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Protests & strikes

Colombia

86 of its 120 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tulua accounted for 35 of Colombia's 86 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. 26 of Tulua's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Tulua stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jordan

107 of its 202 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Aqaba accounted for 86 of Jordan's 107 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Gas explosion was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories → Aqaba stories →
Rights & justice

Germany

184 of its 621 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (26 stories). Hunger was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

82 of its 110 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Idlib accounted for 35 of Syria's 82 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Idlib stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Venezuela

35 of its 67 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Hurricane was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone, tropical storm and storms.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

446 of its 880 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (205 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Cameroon

18 of its 28 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Malawi

21 of its 57 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Trinidad & Tobago

48 of its 101 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Cyclone was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm and flooding.

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Health

Cambodia

33 of its 60 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Trinidad & Tobago (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Venezuela (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Nepal (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (29 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); outbreaks in Afghanistan (11 of its stories, about 6 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 28 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 18,337 stories about harm among 82,075 counted on 28 Jun.

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In Trinidad & Tobago's news, mentions of the cyclone ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 82,075 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Colombia. In Colombia, 72% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual. A year earlier, on 28 June 2021, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria75 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia72 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan68 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 66 · mostly disasters & accidents Ethiopia60 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia55 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 35 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US161 stories about protests or strikes, of its 528 Delhi India43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 207 Sydney Australia37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 90 London UK34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 266 Los Angeles US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 151

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: 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: 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: 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 lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: 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: 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 lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: 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 lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 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: too little coverage to readCape 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 lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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 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 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): 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readSpain: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualDelaware, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 20 outletsPhnom Penh, Cambodia -- health: 16 stories, carried by 20 outletsBay State, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 49 outletsBodelwyddan, UK -- health: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsElmau, Germany -- food & livelihood: 33 stories, carried by 66 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 55 stories, carried by 42 outletsCairo, Egypt -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 18 outletsBudapest, Hungary -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 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

● Brazil warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Delaware US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Phnom Penh Cambodia about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Bay State US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Bodelwyddan UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Elmau Germany about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 33 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health40% 7,161 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 3,845 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,472 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,871 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Food & livelihood6% 1,067 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 870 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 503 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 332 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 killed4,828 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,858 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,542 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,384 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees201 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions92 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations83 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about the usual rate

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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