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10,633 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Tel Aviv, protests in Copenhagen (Denmark) and rights and justice in Sanaa. Israel's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were softer than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine → Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Switzerland → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIsrael 80 in 100 of its 1,065 stories, usually 66
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 57 in 100 of its stories, usually 45
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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Conflict & violence

Israel

852 of its 1,065 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Tel Aviv accounted for 160 of Israel's 852 stories about harm, carried by 411 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (410 stories). Illness was named in 138 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Tel Aviv stories →
Protests & strikes

Denmark

Copenhagen accounted for 30 of Denmark's 36 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. 19 of Copenhagen's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Covid was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Rights & justice

Yemen

33 of its 38 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Sanaa accounted for 14 of Yemen's 33 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories).

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Health

Australia

Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories). Flooding was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with bird flu and heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

North Korea

13 of its 26 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Pyongyang accounted for 10 of North Korea's 13 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. 10 of Pyongyang's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

161 of its 224 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Gaza accounted for 135 of Palestine's 161 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

30 of its 35 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. 4 of Khartoum's 7 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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Conflict & violence

Libya

11 of its 11 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Rights & justice

Vietnam

28 of its 95 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

15 of its 20 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: bird flu in Mexico (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in France (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tornadoes in South Africa (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Russia (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

18 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 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 10,633 stories about harm among 60,458 counted on 8 Jun.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 60,458 stories, as usual. Abductions were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine. For the second day running, the news turned to Israel. Mexico's news mentioned bird flu about 4 times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel80 in 100 of its 1,065 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine72 in 100 of its 224 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon44 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Iran35 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 40 · mostly rights & justice Ukraine34 in 100 of its 371 stories · usually 33 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 232 Delhi India37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 157 Jerusalem Israel28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 153 Tel Aviv Israel27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 160 London UK24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 158

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: too little coverage to readVietnam: 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: 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 readTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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 lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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: 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: 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: 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 lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBhubaneswar, India -- health: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsParis, France -- conflict & violence: 68 stories, carried by 165 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 27 outletsGainesville, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 67 outletsPhiladelphia, US -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 32 outletsHanoi, Vietnam -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 30 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

● Bhubaneswar India about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Glasgow UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Paris France about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 68 stories ● Edinburgh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 29 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 2,945 stories · about as usual Rights & justice27% 2,796 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents16% 1,643 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,584 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 506 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 368 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 302 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 233 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 killed2,696 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,578 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting arrests1,151 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured918 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting abductions657 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees161 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations83 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Australia and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill34 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Switzerland

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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