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Protests in Machinga (Malawi), wildfires in Guatemala and people displaced in Diffa drew the news. Guatemala's coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMalawi 75 in 100 of its 499 stories, usually 33
RegionCentral Asia 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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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Protests & strikes

Malawi

374 of its 499 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Machinga accounted for 210 of Malawi's 374 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. 155 of Machinga's 210 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (299 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Malawi over 30 days → its stories → Machinga stories →
Conflict & violence

Guatemala

83 of its 114 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Wildfires were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Niger

194 of its 203 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Diffa accounted for 119 of Niger's 194 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Diffa stories →
Rights & justice

Burundi

130 of its 142 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Muramvya accounted for 98 of Burundi's 130 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Burundi over 30 days → its stories → Muramvya stories →
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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

2,051 of its 2,626 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Istanbul accounted for 1,512 of Türkiye's 2,051 stories about harm, carried by 965 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (1,191 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

891 of its 1,073 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Fallujah accounted for 702 of Iraq's 891 stories about harm, carried by 535 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Jordan

198 of its 403 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kazakhstan

100 of its 182 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Central African Republic

63 of its 72 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Health

Tanzania

105 of its 275 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (58 stories). Malaria was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis and volcanic eruption.

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Also named far more than usual: flu in Hong Kong (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Tanzania (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Japan (92 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Saudi Arabia (57 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Belgium (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 61,750 stories about harm among 286,981 counted on 7 Jun.

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Malawi's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%. of the day's 286,981 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger96 in 100 of its 203 stories · usually 71 · mostly displacement Burundi92 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice Central African Republic88 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Iraq83 in 100 of its 1,073 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye78 in 100 of its 2,626 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Istanbul Türkiye549 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1512 Delhi India262 stories about protests or strikes, of its 822 Washington US229 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2293 Dhaka Bangladesh196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 335 Machinga Malawi155 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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: 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'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer 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 angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTogo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSenegal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little warmer than the world'sParaguay: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMoldova: 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 fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLesotho: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: 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 twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuernsey: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNauru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half 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

● Guatemala about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 83 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 508 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Niger about twice as angry as the world's · 194 stories about harm ● Jordan about twice as angry as the world's · 198 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as fearful as the world's · 878 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 17,497 stories · about as usual Health21% 12,709 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 11,537 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents17% 10,078 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,453 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,227 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,613 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,401 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 killed18,389 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,169 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,739 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,812 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,163 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions932 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced542 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations476 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill67 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 →

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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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