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33,357 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Dhaka, rights and justice in Tehran and people displaced in Tirana. Bangladesh's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Bangladesh and Nigeria → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostAlbania 84 in 100 of its 94 stories, usually 16
RegionSouth Asia 49 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

2,802 of its 3,236 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Dhaka accounted for 2,678 of Bangladesh's 2,802 stories about harm, carried by 1,100 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (1,779 stories). Building collapse was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

371 of its 581 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tehran accounted for 236 of Iran's 371 stories about harm, carried by 218 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (120 stories). Meningitis was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with respiratory illness.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

783 of its 1,388 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (31 stories). Heavy rain was named in 237 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Iraq

2,297 of its 2,443 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Baghdad accounted for 2,092 of Iraq's 2,297 stories about harm, carried by 1,420 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (1,858 stories). Earthquake was named in 370 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

El Salvador

104 of its 114 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. San Salvador accounted for 91 of el Salvador's 104 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (103 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Chile

58 of its 95 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (29 stories). Drownings were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Spain

200 of its 748 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (82 stories). Train derailment was named in 77 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Mauritania

11 of its 12 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 11 of Nouakchott's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

139 of its 328 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (47 stories). Dengue was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: train derailment in Spain (77 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in China (105 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Tanzania (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Chile (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Brazil (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Jul. 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 33,357 stories about harm among 134,977 counted on 3 Jul.

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Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Bangladesh and Nigeria. 25 in every 100 of the day's 134,977 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate. Spain's news mentioned train derailment more than ten times as often as usual. It was the third day running that the news turned to Bangladesh. This week the news turned most often to Bangladesh, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 4 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq94 in 100 of its 2,443 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador91 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh87 in 100 of its 3,236 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Albania84 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 16 · mostly displacement Syria77 in 100 of its 613 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dhaka Bangladesh1258 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2678 Baghdad Iraq267 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2092 Chicago US190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 539 Manbij Syria162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186 Washington US120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 758

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'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'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 readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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 readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: 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'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: too little coverage to readPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer 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'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: 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'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: 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

● Bangladesh about twice as fearful as the world's · 2,802 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 473 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 2,297 stories about harm ● Singapore about twice as angry as the world's · 90 stories about harm ● El Salvador about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 104 stories about harm ● France about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 522 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence34% 11,185 stories · much more than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice26% 8,596 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 4,910 stories · about as usual Health12% 3,985 stories · much less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,371 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 734 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 719 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 361 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 killed16,233 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting people injured5,749 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iraq and the US Stories reporting people affected4,818 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting arrests4,195 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions2,416 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees413 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Albania and Türkiye Stories reporting evacuations371 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced297 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Chile

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

● Angerabout one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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