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33,133 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh), flooding in Jersey and violence in Damascus drew the news. Bangladesh's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBahrain 81 in 100 of its 118 stories, usually 32
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 63 in 100 of its stories, usually 50
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

771 of its 1,015 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Dhaka accounted for 512 of Bangladesh's 771 stories about harm, carried by 325 outlets. 413 of Dhaka's 512 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (483 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jersey

54 of its 123 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (47 stories). Flooding was named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Jersey over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

1,422 of its 1,641 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Damascus accounted for 813 of Syria's 1,422 stories about harm, carried by 830 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (612 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Health

South Korea

175 of its 437 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (155 stories). Outbreaks were named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Egypt

358 of its 524 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Cairo accounted for 259 of Egypt's 358 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. 218 of Cairo's 259 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (273 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

United Arab Emirates

95 of its 339 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 49 of Dubai's 90 stories were about protests or strikes. Flooding was named in 28 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.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

141 of its 341 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (65 stories). HIV was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

598 of its 1,407 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (67 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

96 of its 118 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 17 of Manama's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Israel

782 of its 1,000 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Jerusalem accounted for 634 of Israel's 782 stories about harm, carried by 240 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (232 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Sierra Leone (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in United Arab Emirates (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in South Africa (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Japan (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Spain (10 of its stories, more than ten 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 11 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 33,133 stories about harm among 158,460 counted on 11 Jun.

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In Jersey's news, mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 158,460 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 46% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia90 in 100 of its 242 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Libya89 in 100 of its 432 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Syria87 in 100 of its 1,641 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Bahrain81 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 32 · mostly rights & justice Israel78 in 100 of its 1,000 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dhaka Bangladesh413 stories about protests or strikes, of its 512 Manbij Syria222 stories about protests or strikes, of its 370 Cairo Egypt218 stories about protests or strikes, of its 259 Damascus Syria193 stories about protests or strikes, of its 813 Washington US176 stories about protests or strikes, of its 885

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: too little coverage to readPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readJordan: 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'sHonduras: 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 readSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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'sAksai Chin: 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'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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 readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sParaguay: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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 grief-stricken 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 a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sBahrain: 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 one and a half times as angry 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'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJersey: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Bangladesh about three times as angry as the world's · 771 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 217 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Singapore about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 237 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,422 stories about harm ● Sweden about twice as fearful as the world's · 118 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 10,060 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence24% 7,668 stories · about as usual Health18% 5,892 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 4,425 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,188 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 842 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 794 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 622 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 killed10,877 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,718 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,750 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,365 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees773 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced300 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions293 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting evacuations212 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill27 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and China

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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