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The day's news pointed at train derailment in the Czechia, illness in Mexico City and violence in Gaza. Mexico's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCzechia 61 in 100 of its 160 stories, usually 12
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 48 in 100 of its stories, usually 46
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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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Czechia

98 of its 160 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Prague accounted for 51 of the Czechia's 98 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories). Train derailment was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories → Prague stories →
Health

Mexico

238 of its 536 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Mexico City accounted for 122 of Mexico's 238 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Flu was named in 139 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with bird flu and outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories → Mexico City stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

319 of its 446 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Gaza accounted for 260 of Palestine's 319 stories about harm, carried by 585 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Disasters & accidents

Morocco

15 of its 56 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

France

396 of its 1,801 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (256 stories). Flooding was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

43 of its 84 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Beirut accounted for 28 of Lebanon's 43 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Slovakia

17 of its 37 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 4 of Bratislava's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (98 stories). Wildfires were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

91 of its 106 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

North Korea

17 of its 40 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 15 of Pyongyang's 17 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Philippines (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in France (34 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Australia (38 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in South Africa (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 17 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 19,088 stories about harm among 109,845 counted on 6 Jun.

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Czechia stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 12%. 17 in every 100 of the day's 109,845 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Mexico's news, mentions of the flu ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 7 June 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan86 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine72 in 100 of its 446 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Israel69 in 100 of its 1,415 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Czechia61 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 12 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Lebanon51 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 572 Jerusalem Israel67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 275 Gaza Palestine62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260 San Francisco US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138 Omaha Beach France39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148

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: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readPhilippines: 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 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: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readLebanon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualColorado, US -- health: 35 stories, carried by 24 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 35 outletsSouth Carolina, US -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 26 stories, carried by 12 outletsAyodhya, India -- food & livelihood: 19 stories, carried by 28 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 39 stories, carried by 19 outletsSeoul, South Korea -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 45 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 16 stories, carried by 14 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

● Lebanon warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 35 stories ● Beirut Lebanon about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 28 stories ● South Carolina US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 26 stories ● Ayodhya India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 19 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,519 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,436 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 3,086 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,733 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 852 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 802 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 791 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 466 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 killed4,906 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,357 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,016 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,251 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions444 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced392 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees335 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations110 at about half the usual rate · most about Indonesia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill44 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico

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