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13,539 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Heavy rain in Ghana, rights and justice in Islamabad and violence in Gaza drew the news. Pakistan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBelgium 39 in 100 of its 148 stories, usually 14
RegionCentral Asia 14 in 100 of its stories, usually 8
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

Ghana

88 of its 207 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Accra accounted for 55 of Ghana's 88 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Heavy rain was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Ghana over 30 days → its stories → Accra stories →
Rights & justice

Pakistan

233 of its 507 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Islamabad accounted for 101 of Pakistan's 233 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

73 of its 123 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Gaza accounted for 37 of Palestine's 73 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Venezuela

La Guaira accounted for 191 of Venezuela's 246 stories about harm, carried by 245 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Measles was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with diphtheria and dengue. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

90 of its 308 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Displacement

Belgium

57 of its 148 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Monaco

9 of its 15 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Rights & justice

Sudan

48 of its 59 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Romania

37 of its 160 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Sri Lanka (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Nigeria (42 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); food poisoning in Ireland (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Venezuela (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Iran (20 of its stories, about three times its usual).

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Jul. 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 13,539 stories about harm among 77,783 counted on 1 Jul.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Ghana. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 77,783 stories, as usual. Ghana's news was 43% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. Over June, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan81 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Venezuela73 in 100 of its 337 stories · usually 70 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine59 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan46 in 100 of its 507 stories · usually 32 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 398 Johannesburg South Africa36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 50 Durban South Africa24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 33 Delhi India22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 172 Dallas US22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 64

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: 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualBenue, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 13 outletsMaryland, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsDelaware, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsCairo, Egypt -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 17 outletsOttawa, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 18 stories, carried by 23 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 40 stories, carried by 22 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

● Benue Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Maryland US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Delaware US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Cairo Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Geneva Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 3,559 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice24% 3,184 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 2,800 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,501 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 765 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 609 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 516 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 301 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 killed3,258 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,683 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,627 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured855 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions142 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees106 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations99 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill18 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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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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