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The day's news pointed at the tsunami in Indonesia, protests in Soweto (South Africa) and illness in Havana. Indonesia's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 36 in 100 of its 147 stories, usually 23
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

53 of its 147 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Tsunami was named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
Shelter & services

Cuba

65 of its 123 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Havana accounted for 26 of Cuba's 65 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Illness was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Health

Australia

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Drought was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Australia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Brazil

70 of its 249 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

Moscow accounted for 104 of Russia's 158 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 36 of Lebanon's 61 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Antarctica

15 of its 22 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Heatwave was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Haiti

16 of its 35 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Sweden

40 of its 164 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Antarctica (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in US (163 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Canada (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in India (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 13,256 stories about harm among 76,147 counted on 16 Jun.

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In Indonesia's news, mentions of the tsunami ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 76,147 stories, as usual. Indonesia's news was 36% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba53 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 44 · mostly shelter & services Lebanon53 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine48 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda43 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 60 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 539 Tehran Iran41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213 London UK36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 218 Soweto South Africa35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 60 Moscow Russia29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 104

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 lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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 lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: too little coverage to readHong 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: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: too little coverage to readWestern 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPlateau State, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 18 stories, carried by 12 outletsChibok, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 11 outletsIslamabad, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 52 stories, carried by 42 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 21 stories, carried by 130 outletsTowie, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsProvo Canyon, US -- health: 29 stories, carried by 39 outletsCalgary, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 10 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

● Iran warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Plateau State Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Chibok Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Islamabad Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 52 stories ● Glasgow UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 3,332 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,166 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 2,474 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,663 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 790 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 662 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 567 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 295 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 killed3,220 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,618 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,327 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured575 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people displaced168 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions127 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations112 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees90 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Uganda

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 much softer 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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