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Most of the day's attention went to a disaster in Mecca and Seoul and protests in Nairobi (Kenya). Saudi Arabia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 54 in 100 of its 314 stories, usually 23
RegionCentral Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Saudi Arabia

168 of its 314 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Mecca accounted for 129 of Saudi Arabia's 168 stories about harm, carried by 214 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (158 stories). Accidents were named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

South Korea

241 of its 568 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Seoul accounted for 189 of South Korea's 241 stories about harm, carried by 334 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories → Seoul stories →
Protests & strikes

Kenya

130 of its 330 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Nairobi accounted for 68 of Kenya's 130 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. 40 of Nairobi's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

567 of its 1,156 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (238 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

New Caledonia

17 of its 18 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Noumea accounted for 15 of New Caledonia's 17 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. 14 of Noumea's 15 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Health

Philippines

202 of its 593 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Philippine accounted for 134 of the Philippines' 202 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

32 of its 151 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Namibia

21 of its 68 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 3 of Windhoek's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

15 of its 22 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

Landslides were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Ghana (26 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Nigeria (58 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Switzerland (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in New Zealand (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in China (17 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 17,500 stories about harm among 94,061 counted on 24 Jun.

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The news turned to Saudi Arabia for the ninth day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 94,061 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Saudi Arabia, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. Ghana's news mentioned Covid about three times as often as usual. On 25 June 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel65 in 100 of its 1,058 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine63 in 100 of its 300 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan62 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Saudi Arabia54 in 100 of its 314 stories · usually 23 · mostly health Russia49 in 100 of its 1,156 stories · usually 23 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 414 Los Angeles US48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146 Jerusalem Israel46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184 Moscow Russia43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 193 Delhi India40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readDominica: 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 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: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: 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: 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 readArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readKuwait: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualTennessee, US -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 76 outletsIdaho, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 49 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 33 stories, carried by 29 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 11 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 39 stories, carried by 20 outletsQuebec, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 29 stories, carried by 80 outletsRubavu, Rwanda -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 18 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 17 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

● Tennessee US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 30 stories ● Idaho US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Glasgow UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 33 stories ● Jammu Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 39 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 4,934 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 3,789 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents19% 3,285 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,521 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 891 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 697 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 675 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 327 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 killed4,482 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,879 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,746 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,436 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions435 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced244 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations234 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees142 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Australia and Bangladesh

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 harsher 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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