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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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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 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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readLesotho: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: 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 lessGhana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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: 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 readArgentina: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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 readSpain: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualEdinburgh, UK -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 49 stories, carried by 23 outletsArizona, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 19 outletsKingsville, Canada -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsSwindon, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 19 outletsSaskatchewan, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 23 stories, carried by 19 outletsNevada, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 31 stories, carried by 20 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

● Edinburgh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Lagos Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 49 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Kingsville Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Swindon UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 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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