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54,172 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Aktobe, rights and justice in Darfur and the cyclone in New Zealand. Bangladesh's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMaldives 90 in 100 of its 162 stories, usually 27
RegionCentral Asia 58 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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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Conflict & violence

Kazakhstan

225 of its 305 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Aktobe accounted for 157 of Kazakhstan's 225 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (156 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kazakhstan over 30 days → its stories → Aktobe stories →
Rights & justice

Sudan

141 of its 187 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Darfur accounted for 103 of Sudan's 141 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (107 stories). Outbreaks were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

405 of its 1,534 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (207 stories). Cyclone was named in 103 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

New Zealand over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

482 of its 737 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 220 of Dhaka's 324 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
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Conflict & violence

Israel

1,547 of its 2,074 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Tel Aviv accounted for 1,056 of Israel's 1,547 stories about harm, carried by 541 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (647 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

162 of its 213 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Mogadishu accounted for 110 of Somalia's 162 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

175 of its 490 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (60 stories). Power cuts were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

86 of its 100 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Niamey accounted for 68 of Niger's 86 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

322 of its 625 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Nicaragua

103 of its 282 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Bermuda (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Angola (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in Greenland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Belgium (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Austria (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 54,172 stories about harm among 270,713 counted on 10 Jun.

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Mentions of the cholera ran more than ten times their usual in Bermuda's news. of the day's 270,713 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Kazakhstan stood out: 74% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 30%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Maldives90 in 100 of its 162 stories · usually 27 · mostly conflict & violence Niger86 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Libya80 in 100 of its 279 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia76 in 100 of its 213 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan75 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US281 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2101 Dhaka Bangladesh220 stories about protests or strikes, of its 324 Delhi India156 stories about protests or strikes, of its 769 Manbij Syria150 stories about protests or strikes, of its 326 Sydney Australia137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 395

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: 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: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & 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'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão 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'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: 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'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readFinland: 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 readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: 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'sBurundi: 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'sBelize: 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'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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: 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'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSuriname: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: 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'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: 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 angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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

● Belgium about three times as fearful as the world's · 175 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 482 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as angry as the world's · 162 stories about harm ● Kazakhstan about three times as angry as the world's · 225 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as fearful as the world's · 322 stories about harm ● Singapore about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 246 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 15,782 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 11,282 stories · about as usual Health20% 10,833 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 7,122 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,492 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,962 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,389 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,193 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 killed16,281 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,100 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,293 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,800 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,062 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions679 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations657 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced497 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill102 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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