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23,420 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at flooding in Ukraine, protests in Dakar (Senegal) and people injured in Afghanistan. Afghanistan's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUkraine 55 in 100 of its 1,380 stories, usually 32
RegionEurope 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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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Disasters & accidents

Ukraine

760 of its 1,380 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Kherson accounted for 359 of Ukraine's 760 stories about harm, carried by 437 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (183 stories). Flooding was named in 428 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kherson stories →
Protests & strikes

Senegal

37 of its 56 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Dakar accounted for 25 of Senegal's 37 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. 22 of Dakar's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

143 of its 237 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (67 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Uganda

76 of its 157 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kampala accounted for 35 of Uganda's 76 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Covid was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Displacement

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 97 of Sudan's 120 stories about harm, carried by 230 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (44 stories). Hunger was named in 38 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

51 of its 98 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

France

324 of its 1,451 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (187 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Food & livelihood

Ethiopia

59 of its 113 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tigray accounted for 30 of Ethiopia's 59 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets.

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Health

Argentina

41 of its 128 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Equatorial Guinea

8 of its 11 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Sudan (38 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (62 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in India (170 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in US (993 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Haiti (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 23,420 stories about harm among 123,598 counted on 8 Jun.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Ukraine. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 123,598 stories, as usual. Mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual in Ukraine's news. In Ukraine, 55% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual. On 8 June 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar75 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Sudan72 in 100 of its 167 stories · usually 70 · mostly displacement Senegal66 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Haiti63 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice Palestine62 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 765 Hollywood US94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 273 London UK60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 307 Khartoum Sudan46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 97 Jerusalem Israel34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 103

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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 lessMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: 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: too little coverage to readJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: 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 lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: 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 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: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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 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: 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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualMaldives: warmth about its own usualMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsPort-au-Prince, Haiti -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 37 outletsNorth Carolina, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsMassachusetts, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 22 outletsLake District, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 18 outletsJeddah, Saudi Arabia -- displacement: 28 stories, carried by 42 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsBrighton, UK -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 99 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

● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Mogadishu Somalia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Port-au-Prince Haiti about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● North Carolina US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Massachusetts US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Lake District UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 7,076 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 5,273 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 4,749 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence9% 2,164 stories · less than usual (usually 12%) Food & livelihood4% 1,027 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,001 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 969 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 764 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 killed4,556 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,581 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,093 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,378 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations401 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Canada Stories reporting refugees316 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced252 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions158 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill27 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan

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 about as 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.