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59,731 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Kathmandu, protests in Caracas (Venezuela) and people injured in South Sudan. Nepal's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAntarctica 85 in 100 of its 306 stories, usually 38
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 52 in 100 of its stories, usually 50
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

Nepal

192 of its 315 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kathmandu accounted for 140 of Nepal's 192 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (50 stories). HIV was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

323 of its 520 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Caracas accounted for 240 of Venezuela's 323 stories about harm, carried by 211 outlets. 190 of Caracas' 240 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (167 stories).

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Displacement

South Sudan

119 of its 164 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Philippines

Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (25 stories). Overdoses were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Palestine

396 of its 634 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Ramallah accounted for 299 of Palestine's 396 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (169 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

393 of its 447 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Sirte accounted for 283 of Libya's 393 stories about harm, carried by 360 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (254 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

507 of its 644 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Kabul accounted for 273 of Afghanistan's 507 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

728 of its 1,667 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Drought was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Jordan

393 of its 607 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (215 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

377 of its 524 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (208 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in North Korea (77 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Japan (66 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Congo (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Uganda (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Iran (35 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 22 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 59,731 stories about harm among 289,605 counted on 22 Jun.

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Mentions of wildfires ran more than ten times their usual in North Korea's news. of the day's 289,605 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. Nepal stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 47%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya88 in 100 of its 447 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Antarctica85 in 100 of its 306 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen85 in 100 of its 241 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Niger83 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 83 · mostly displacement Afghanistan79 in 100 of its 644 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Orlando US541 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1781 Washington US404 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2341 Raqqa Syria306 stories about protests or strikes, of its 347 Caracas Venezuela190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 240 Philadelphia US146 stories about protests or strikes, of its 375

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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'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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: 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: 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 readSri 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'sSlovenia: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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 readOman: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readFaroe 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'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'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 readAntigua & 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'sCrimea: 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: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice 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 angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCook Islands: 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

● Nepal about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 192 stories about harm ● Palestine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 396 stories about harm ● Denmark about twice as fearful as the world's · 101 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 281 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as angry as the world's · 377 stories about harm ● South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 119 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 15,923 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence24% 13,948 stories · about as usual Health19% 11,039 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 8,708 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 3,225 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,469 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,249 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 killed17,734 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,585 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,242 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,541 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees2,012 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Jordan Stories reporting evacuations1,160 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people displaced1,092 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Colombia and Iraq Stories reporting abductions869 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill34 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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
● Griefa little less 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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