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17,362 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to illness in Mecca, a disaster in Ndjamena and violence in the Red Sea. Saudi Arabia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 58 in 100 of its 325 stories, usually 14
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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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Health

Saudi Arabia

190 of its 325 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Mecca accounted for 166 of Saudi Arabia's 190 stories about harm, carried by 234 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (19 stories). Accidents were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Mecca stories →
Disasters & accidents

Chad

53 of its 91 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Ndjamena accounted for 47 of Chad's 53 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Chad over 30 days → its stories → Ndjamena stories →
Conflict & violence

Djibouti

32 of its 54 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. the Red Sea accounted for 32 of Djibouti's 32 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). 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.

Djibouti over 30 days → its stories → Red Sea stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

226 of its 483 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Tropical storm was named in 133 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane, storms and cyclone.

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Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

130 of its 304 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Earthquake was named in 19 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.

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

26 of its 36 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. 3 of Yangon's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

61 of its 124 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Heavy rain was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

57 of its 113 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Earthquake was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Rights & justice

Nigeria

384 of its 1,294 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Cholera was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Mexico (133 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Greece (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Ecuador (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Bangladesh (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Iran (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 17,362 stories about harm among 99,004 counted on 19 Jun.

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Saudi Arabia's news was 58% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. of the day's 99,004 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Saudi Arabia for the fourth day running. On 20 June 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan72 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Israel60 in 100 of its 1,067 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Djibouti59 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine58 in 100 of its 183 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Saudi Arabia58 in 100 of its 325 stories · usually 14 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 459 London UK54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 227 Jerusalem Israel48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152 Stonehenge UK45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 68 Nairobi Kenya34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 58

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSomalia: 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: 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: 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 lessPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: 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: 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 readColombia: too little coverage to readChina: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: 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 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualBaramulla, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 17 outletsOmuma, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 21 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 32 stories, carried by 31 outletsCopenhagen, Denmark -- health: 11 stories, carried by 16 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 36 stories, carried by 175 outletsLouisiana, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 21 outletsNew Mexico, US -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 15 outletsNorthumbria, UK -- health: 15 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Baramulla Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Omuma Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 32 stories ● Copenhagen Denmark about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Edinburgh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 36 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 4,877 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,180 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 3,194 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,014 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 858 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 773 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 652 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 447 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 killed4,067 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,972 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,924 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured976 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions307 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees239 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations187 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced180 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Sudan Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria

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
● 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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