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6,697 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to helicopter crash in Brazil, protests in the Gulf of Oman (Oman) and storms in Pakistan. Brazil's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBrazil 35 in 100 of its 327 stories, usually 15
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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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Disasters & accidents

Brazil

113 of its 327 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Rio de Janeiro accounted for 86 of Brazil's 113 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (95 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 43 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plane crash. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Rio de Janeiro stories →
Protests & strikes

Oman

49 of its 109 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 13 of the Gulf of Oman's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Accidents were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Oman over 30 days → its stories → Gulf of Oman stories →
Rights & justice

Pakistan

116 of its 302 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Storms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 157 of Iran's 244 stories about harm, carried by 382 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Switzerland

Geneva accounted for 35 of Switzerland's 56 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. 34 of Geneva's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Venezuela

20 of its 40 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Fiji

19 of its 45 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

42 of its 86 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jammu accounted for 28 of Kashmir's 42 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

268 of its 737 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

87 of its 265 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: plane crash in US (42 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 14 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 6,697 stories about harm among 36,121 counted on 14 Jun.

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Brazil's news mentioned helicopter crash more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 36,121 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Brazil, 35% of the news was about people being harmed, where 15% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Oman, on 5 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cuba56 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 44 · mostly shelter & services Lebanon54 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine52 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir49 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence Oman45 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 157 Belfast UK41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 60 Delhi India34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 153 Geneva Switzerland34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 35 Washington US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185

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: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: too little coverage to readRomania: 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessIraq: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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 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 readCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 14 outletsKatsina, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 16 outletsBeijing, China -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsBristol, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsHawaii, US -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsNottingham, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsCalifornia, US -- health: 31 stories, carried by 25 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 15 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

● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 29 stories ● Katsina Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Beijing China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Bristol UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Hawaii US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health24% 1,565 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice22% 1,425 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents21% 1,387 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence16% 1,024 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 454 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 285 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 259 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 165 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 killed1,840 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests737 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected715 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured543 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced90 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions88 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations85 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees58 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Pakistan and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● Griefa little more than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.