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16,537 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Nairobi (Kenya), plane crash in India and people displaced in Tehran drew the news. Kenya's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostEgypt 35 in 100 of its 133 stories, usually 18
RegionSouth Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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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Protests & strikes

Kenya

104 of its 275 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Nairobi accounted for 64 of Kenya's 104 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. 38 of Nairobi's 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Disasters & accidents

India

1,901 of its 6,093 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Ahmedabad accounted for 1,008 of India's 1,901 stories about harm, carried by 909 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (1,043 stories). Plane crash was named in 620 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.

India over 30 days → its stories → Ahmedabad stories →
Displacement

Iran

228 of its 712 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Tehran accounted for 169 of Iran's 228 stories about harm, carried by 247 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

27 of its 56 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Baghdad accounted for 19 of Iraq's 27 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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

Egypt

47 of its 133 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Cairo accounted for 31 of Egypt's 47 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. 29 of Cairo's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Displacement

Syria

67 of its 103 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of abductions ran at about 10 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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Protests & strikes

Bolivia

10 of its 14 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 3 of Llallagua's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

South Africa

Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Storms were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with extreme cold and power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Austria

63 of its 152 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Malaysia

81 of its 324 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Sri Lanka (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in South Africa (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in UK (25 of its stories, more than ten 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 12 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 16,537 stories about harm among 84,878 counted on 12 Jun.

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For the fourth day running, the news turned to Kenya. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 84,878 stories, as usual. Mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual in India's news. On 12 June 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 today. Kenya stood out: 38% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan69 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 67 · mostly displacement Syria65 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 51 · mostly displacement Palestine59 in 100 of its 276 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Israel56 in 100 of its 801 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq48 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 27 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Los Angeles US314 stories about protests or strikes, of its 481 Washington US263 stories about protests or strikes, of its 664 Ballymena UK94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 122 California US71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 187 Chicago US66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomalia: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPhilippines: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndonesia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEthiopia: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: no storiesEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: no storiesCape Verde: no storiesCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessJammu & Kashmir: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessSiachen Glacier: near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: near the world's share or lessSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 53 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Vanuatu: 56 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ukraine: 33 in 100 of its 299 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Uganda: 32 in 100 of its 71 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Togo: 62 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Syria: 65 in 100 of its 103 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)South Sudan: 48 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Sudan: 69 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)South Africa: 35 in 100 of its 595 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Rwanda: 36 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Peru: 43 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Pakistan: 26 in 100 of its 638 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Nepal: 35 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Mali: 38 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Malawi: 30 in 100 of its 81 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Libya: 85 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Lesotho: 47 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Lebanon: 41 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Laos: 44 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kenya: 38 in 100 of its 275 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Israel: 56 in 100 of its 801 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 59 in 100 of its 276 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Iraq: 48 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Iran: 32 in 100 of its 712 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)India: 31 in 100 of its 6,093 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Haiti: 45 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)El Salvador: 58 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Egypt: 35 in 100 of its 133 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Dominican Republic: 46 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Greenland: 35 in 100 of its 34 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Cuba: 31 in 100 of its 61 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Congo: 47 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Colombia: 35 in 100 of its 62 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Cambodia: 32 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Myanmar: 75 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Burundi: 78 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Bolivia: 71 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Bangladesh: 31 in 100 of its 179 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Austria: 41 in 100 of its 152 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Afghanistan: 36 in 100 of its 69 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 59 in 100 of its 276 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 59 in 100 of its 276 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ukraine: 33 in 100 of its 299 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 59 in 100 of its 276 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 19 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Israel 56 in 100 of its 801 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 59 in 100 of its 276 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Syria 65 in 100 of its 103 stories · mostly displacement ● Sudan 69 in 100 of its 52 stories · mostly displacement ● Austria 41 in 100 of its 152 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Kenya 38 in 100 of its 275 stories · mostly rights & justice

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 4,503 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Health24% 3,876 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents21% 3,461 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence11% 1,807 stories · much less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 958 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 588 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 551 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 509 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 killed4,055 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,420 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,546 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured988 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions264 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced166 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations160 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees149 at about the usual rate

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
● Feara little less than 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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