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13,648 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to heavy rain in Ghana, protests in Johannesburg (South Africa) and people injured in Pakistan. South Africa's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMonaco 72 in 100 of its 71 stories, usually 7
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Ghana

93 of its 198 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Accra accounted for 69 of Ghana's 93 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Heavy rain was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Ghana over 30 days → its stories → Accra stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

196 of its 453 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Building collapse was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Iraq

21 of its 43 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Baghdad accounted for 13 of Iraq's 21 stories about harm, carried by 11 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

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

Palestine

75 of its 123 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Gaza accounted for 43 of Palestine's 75 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Venezuela

356 of its 468 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. la Guaira accounted for 270 of Venezuela's 356 stories about harm, carried by 560 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Measles was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with malaria, dengue and outbreaks.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

127 of its 279 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Monaco

51 of its 71 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

22 of its 88 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Rights & justice

Somalia

12 of its 25 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Indonesia (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); measles in Venezuela (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatstroke in Canada (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in US (132 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); ebola in UK (24 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 13,648 stories about harm among 75,835 counted on 30 Jun.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Ghana. of the day's 75,835 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Indonesia's news mentioned Covid about 8 times as often as usual. Ghana's news was 47% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Venezuela76 in 100 of its 468 stories · usually 69 · mostly disasters & accidents Monaco72 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 7 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine61 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan55 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda50 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 423 Johannesburg South Africa65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 90 Abuja Nigeria28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 70 Durban South Africa28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 37 Delhi India24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 161

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 lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape 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 readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: 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 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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 readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualMangaluru, India -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 19 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- disasters & accidents: 21 stories, carried by 15 outletsIowa, US -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsOklahoma, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsAnkara, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsMullingar, Ireland -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsUttar Pradesh, India -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsIbadan, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Mangaluru India about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 16 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 21 stories ● Iowa US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Oklahoma US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Ankara Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 3,416 stories · about as usual Health25% 3,371 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 2,851 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,487 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 740 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 572 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 566 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 366 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 killed3,344 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,804 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,501 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured941 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions169 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced163 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees153 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting evacuations143 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill19 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 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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