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The news turned to people injured in Kenya, violence in Vienna and rights and justice in Zurich. Kenya's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.
Disasters & accidents
163 of its 311 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Outbreaks were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with ebola. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Conflict & violence
67 of its 135 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Vienna accounted for 63 of Austria's 67 stories about harm, carried by 250 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Rights & justice
76 of its 195 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Zurich accounted for 53 of Switzerland's 76 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Health
106 of its 173 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Bundibugyo accounted for 62 of Uganda's 106 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
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Conflict & violence
Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (29 stories). Ebola was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Rights & justice
35 of its 118 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
Rights & justice
8 of its 8 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories).
Conflict & violence
13 of its 30 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Health
35 of its 36 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Ituri accounted for 25 of the DR Congo's 35 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets.
Disasters & accidents
13 of its 39 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual:
hepatitis in Spain (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in UK (127 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); house fires in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); ebola in Iran (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in India (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
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Kenya's news was 52% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 77,199 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 28 May 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.
17 in every 100 of the day's 77,199 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 18). Kenya: 163 of its 311 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Austria: 67 of its 135 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Switzerland: 76 of its 195 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Uganda: 106 of its 173 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Mentions of outbreaks ran about 4 times their usual in Kenya's news. Mentions of hepatitis ran more than ten times their usual in Spain's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual. A year earlier, on 28 May 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today. Written by code from the day's numbers.
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or less Zambia: too little coverage to read Yemen: about as warm as its own usual or less Vietnam: about as warm as its own usual or less Venezuela: about as warm as its own usual or less Vanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or less Uzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Uruguay: too little coverage to read Micronesia: too little coverage to read U.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read Guam: about as warm as its own usual or less Puerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or less United States: about as warm as its own usual or less South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to read Falkland Islands: too little coverage to read Cayman Islands: too little coverage to read Isle of Man: too little coverage to read United Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or less United Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or less Uganda: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkmenistan: too little coverage to read Turkey: about as warm as its own usual or less Tunisia: too little coverage to read Trinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or less Tonga: too little coverage to read Togo: about as warm as its own usual or less Timor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or less Tanzania: about as warm as its own usual or less Tajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Taiwan: about as warm as its own usual or less Syria: about as warm as its own usual or less Switzerland: about as warm as its own usual or less Sweden: about as warm as its own usual or less Eswatini: too little coverage to read Suriname: too little coverage to read Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or less South Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less South Africa: about as warm as its own usual or less Somalia: about as warm as its own usual or less Somaliland: too little coverage to read Solomon Islands: too little coverage to read Slovakia: too little coverage to read Slovenia: about as warm as its own usual or less Singapore: about as warm as its own usual or less Sierra Leone: too little coverage to read Seychelles: about as warm as its own usual or less Serbia: too little coverage to read Senegal: about as warm as its own usual or less Saudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or less São Tomé: too little coverage to read Samoa: too little coverage to read St Vincent: too little coverage to read St. Lucia: too little coverage to read Rwanda: about as warm as its own usual or less Romania: about as warm as its own usual or less Qatar: too little coverage to read Portugal: about as warm as its own usual or less Poland: too little coverage to read Philippines: about as warm as its own usual or less Peru: about as warm as its own usual or less Paraguay: too little coverage to read Papua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Panama: about as warm as its own usual or less Palau: too little coverage to read Pakistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Oman: about as warm as its own usual or less Norway: about as warm as its own usual or less North Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less Nigeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Niger: about as warm as its own usual or less Nicaragua: too little coverage to read New Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or less Niue: too little coverage to read Netherlands: about as warm as its own usual or less Curaçao: too little coverage to read Nepal: about as warm as its own usual or less Namibia: about as warm as its own usual or less Mozambique: about as warm as its own usual or less Morocco: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara: too little coverage to read Montenegro: too little coverage to read Mongolia: too little coverage to read Moldova: about as warm as its own usual or less Mexico: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritius: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritania: too little coverage to read Malta: about as warm as its own usual or less Mali: about as warm as its own usual or less Malaysia: about as warm as its own usual or less Malawi: about as warm as its own usual or less Madagascar: about as warm as its own usual or less North Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Luxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or less Lithuania: too little coverage to read Libya: too little coverage to read Liberia: about as warm as its own usual or less Lesotho: about as warm as its own usual or less Lebanon: about as warm as its own usual or less Latvia: too little coverage to read Laos: about as warm as its own usual or less Kyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Kosovo: too little coverage to read Kiribati: too little coverage to read Kenya: about as warm as its own usual or less Kazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jordan: about as warm as its own usual or less Japan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jamaica: about as warm as its own usual or less Italy: about as warm as its own usual or less Israel: about as warm as its own usual or less Palestine: about as warm as its own usual or less Ireland: about as warm as its own usual or less Iraq: about as warm as its own usual or less Iran: about as warm as its own usual or less India: about as warm as its own usual or less Iceland: about as warm as its own usual or less Hungary: about as warm as its own usual or less Honduras: about as warm as its own usual or less Haiti: about as warm as its own usual or less Guyana: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea-Bissau: too little coverage to read Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Guatemala: about as warm as its own usual or less Grenada: about as warm as its own usual or less Greece: about as warm as its own usual or less Ghana: about as warm as its own usual or less Germany: about as warm as its own usual or less Georgia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gabon: too little coverage to read France: about as warm as its own usual or less St Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to read French Polynesia: too little coverage to read New Caledonia: too little coverage to read French Southern Territories: too little coverage to read Åland Islands: too little coverage to read Finland: about as warm as its own usual or less Fiji: about as warm as its own usual or less Ethiopia: about as warm as its own usual or less Estonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Eritrea: too little coverage to read Equatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less El Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or less Egypt: about as warm as its own usual or less Ecuador: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominican Republic: too little coverage to read Dominica: too little coverage to read Djibouti: about as warm as its own usual or less Greenland: about as warm as its own usual or less Faroe Islands: too little coverage to read Denmark: about as warm as its own usual or less Czech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less N. Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cyprus: about as warm as its own usual or less Cuba: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: about as warm as its own usual or less Côte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to read Costa Rica: about as warm as its own usual or less DR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Comoros: too little coverage to read Colombia: about as warm as its own usual or less China: about as warm as its own usual or less Hong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or less Chile: about as warm as its own usual or less Chad: about as warm as its own usual or less Central African Republic: too little coverage to read Cape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or less Canada: about as warm as its own usual or less Cameroon: about as warm as its own usual or less Cambodia: about as warm as its own usual or less Myanmar: about as warm as its own usual or less Burundi: too little coverage to read Burkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or less Bulgaria: too little coverage to read Brunei: too little coverage to read Brazil: about as warm as its own usual or less Botswana: about as warm as its own usual or less Bosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or less Bolivia: about as warm as its own usual or less Bhutan: too little coverage to read Benin: about as warm as its own usual or less Belize: about as warm as its own usual or less Belgium: about as warm as its own usual or less Belarus: about as warm as its own usual or less Barbados: about as warm as its own usual or less Bangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahrain: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahamas: about as warm as its own usual or less Azerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or less Austria: about as warm as its own usual or less Australia: about as warm as its own usual or less Heard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to read Armenia: about as warm as its own usual or less Argentina: about as warm as its own usual or less Antigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to read Angola: about as warm as its own usual or less Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Albania: about as warm as its own usual or less Afghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or less Aksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or less Gaza: about as warm as its own usual or less West Bank: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to read Western Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to read Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Siachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or less East Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or less Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Vatican City: too little coverage to read Marshall Islands: too little coverage to read Northern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to read American Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or less Chagos Islands: too little coverage to read St. Helena: too little coverage to read Pitcairn: too little coverage to read Anguilla: too little coverage to read Bermuda: about as warm as its own usual or less British Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read Turks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to read Montserrat: about as warm as its own usual or less Jersey: about as warm as its own usual or less Guernsey: about as warm as its own usual or less San Marino: too little coverage to read St Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to read Cook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Aruba: too little coverage to read Nauru: too little coverage to read Monaco: too little coverage to read Maldives: about as warm as its own usual or less Liechtenstein: too little coverage to read Wallis & Futuna: too little coverage to read St. Martin: too little coverage to read St. Barthélemy: too little coverage to read Macao: about as warm as its own usual or less Norfolk Island: too little coverage to read Sint Maarten: too little coverage to read Christmas Island: too little coverage to read Gibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or less Mayotte: too little coverage to read Ukraine: warmth about its own usual Thailand: warmth about its own usual South Sudan: warmth about its own usual Spain: warmth about its own usual Russia: warmth about one and a half times its own usual Kuwait: warmth about its own usual Indonesia: warmth about its own usual Congo: warmth about its own usual Ukraine: warmth about its own usual Accra, Ghana -- rights & justice: 32 stories, carried by 17 outlets Orangeville, Canada -- health: 11 stories, carried by 16 outlets Lagos, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 14 outlets Abuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 10 outlets Saskatchewan, Canada -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outlets Texas Department of Public Safety, US -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 18 outlets Bristol, UK -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 19 outlets Colorado, US -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 12 outlets
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.
The day in three measures
harsh warm
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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