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55,368 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Amman, protests in Cibitoke (Burundi) and people displaced in Colombo. Jordan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostMaldives 87 in 100 of its 145 stories, usually 16
RegionCentral Asia 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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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Conflict & violence

Jordan

478 of its 681 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Amman accounted for 359 of Jordan's 478 stories about harm, carried by 409 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Cyclone was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories → Amman stories →
Protests & strikes

Burundi

83 of its 92 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Cibitoke accounted for 68 of Burundi's 83 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. 54 of Cibitoke's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Burundi over 30 days → its stories → Cibitoke stories →
Displacement

Sri Lanka

288 of its 521 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Colombo accounted for 256 of Sri Lanka's 288 stories about harm, carried by 215 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (109 stories). Wildfires were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Belgium

597 of its 901 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (563 stories). Accidents were named in 187 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Niger

98 of its 107 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Niamey accounted for 60 of Niger's 98 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

226 of its 289 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Mogadishu accounted for 172 of Somalia's 226 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Maldives

126 of its 145 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kazakhstan

132 of its 241 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Belarus

57 of its 149 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

288 of its 749 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Oil spill was named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flu in Hong Kong (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Iran (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Colombia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Uganda (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in US (1821 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 55,368 stories about harm among 259,136 counted on 6 Jun.

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Jordan stood out: 70% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. 21 in every 100 of the day's 259,136 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Hong Kong's news, mentions of the flu ran more than ten times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger92 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi90 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Maldives87 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 16 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen81 in 100 of its 256 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia78 in 100 of its 289 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kisumu Kenya243 stories about protests or strikes, of its 251 Washington US171 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1686 Chicago US165 stories about protests or strikes, of its 863 Fallujah Iraq160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 856 Berlin Germany137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 210

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBrunei: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNauru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMaldives: coverage about three times as fearful as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Maldives about three times as fearful as the world's · 126 stories about harm ● Jordan about three times as angry as the world's · 478 stories about harm ● Iran about three times as fearful as the world's · 288 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 408 stories about harm ● Hungary about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 134 stories about harm ● Kazakhstan about three times as angry as the world's · 132 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 13,521 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents21% 11,402 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence20% 10,890 stories · about as usual Health20% 10,663 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,472 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,923 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,485 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,161 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 killed18,166 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,118 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,798 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,718 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,218 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting refugees992 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Jordan and the US Stories reporting people displaced582 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions480 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill66 at about half 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
● 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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