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18,006 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Khartoum (Sudan), rights and justice in South Ossetia and people displaced in Congo. Sudan's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSudan 75 in 100 of its 88 stories, usually 55
RegionSoutheast Asia 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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Protests & strikes

Sudan

66 of its 88 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Khartoum accounted for 51 of Sudan's 66 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. 47 of Khartoum's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Rights & justice

Georgia

17 of its 29 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. South Ossetia accounted for 14 of Georgia's 17 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Georgia over 30 days → its stories → South Ossetia stories →
Conflict & violence

Congo

22 of its 25 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Belgium

49 of its 138 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Wieze accounted for 40 of Belgium's 49 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Food poisoning was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Poland

36 of its 105 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 8 of Warsaw's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Ecuador

33 of its 50 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. 10 of Quito's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

63 of its 174 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 23 of Hong Kong Island's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Libya

16 of its 40 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Denmark

36 of its 107 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Covid was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Kashmir (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Trinidad & Tobago (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Japan (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in South Africa (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in China (15 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 30 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 18,006 stories about harm among 85,381 counted on 30 Jun.

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Mentions of food poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Belgium's news. of the day's 85,381 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Sudan stood out: 75% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 55%. On 30 June 2021, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan75 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice Ecuador66 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan66 in 100 of its 174 stories · usually 66 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria57 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine56 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 635 Beijing China51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 131 Philippine Philippines51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 133 Khartoum Sudan47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 51 Manila Philippines45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 118

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 lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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 lessUganda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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 readChile: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: 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: 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 readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualAddison County, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 18 outletsTennessee, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsAccra, Ghana -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 16 outletsShiroro, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 28 outletsPerth, Australia -- health: 13 stories, carried by 16 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsHong Kong Island, Hong Kong -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 30 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 19 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

● Addison County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Tennessee US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 30 stories ● Shiroro Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Perth 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 →

Health40% 7,089 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 4,101 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents12% 2,055 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,887 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,262 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 627 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 483 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 killed4,008 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,624 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,464 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured855 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting refugees183 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced172 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions157 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations113 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Greece

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
● 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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