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55,642 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Marcala (Honduras), violence in Dhaka and tropical storm in Taiwan. Honduras' coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostDominican Republic 85 in 100 of its 152 stories, usually 17
RegionEast Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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

Honduras

75 of its 109 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Marcala accounted for 66 of Honduras' 75 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. 64 of Marcala's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Marcala stories →
Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

1,733 of its 1,892 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Dhaka accounted for 1,292 of Bangladesh's 1,733 stories about harm, carried by 749 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (792 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Taiwan

587 of its 903 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Tropical storm was named in 226 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with landslides, hurricane and power cuts.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Angola

63 of its 152 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Chikungunya was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with ebola.

Angola over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Dominican Republic

129 of its 152 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Haina accounted for 117 of the Dominican Republic's 129 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. 115 of Haina's 117 stories were about protests or strikes. HIV was named in 116 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

129 of its 222 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kabarondo accounted for 104 of Rwanda's 129 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

92 of its 119 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. 8 of Manama's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Uruguay

45 of its 73 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

398 of its 758 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 204 of Harare's 236 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (145 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Malawi

110 of its 186 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (69 stories). Cyclone was named in 57 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hiv in Dominican Republic (116 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Malawi (57 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Ethiopia (23 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); chikungunya in Puerto Rico (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (14 of its stories, about 6 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 7 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 55,642 stories about harm among 273,906 counted on 7 Jul.

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Mentions of HIV ran more than ten times their usual in the Dominican Republic's news. In Honduras, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 42% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 273,906 stories, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bangladesh92 in 100 of its 1,892 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen88 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 81 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi88 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 70 · mostly rights & justice Dominican Republic85 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 17 · mostly rights & justice Bahrain77 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 61 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Baton Rouge US1012 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1429 Falcon Heights US496 stories about protests or strikes, of its 715 Washington US294 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1896 Dhaka Bangladesh236 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1292 Harare Zimbabwe204 stories about protests or strikes, of its 236

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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'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 readUganda: 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: 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'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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'sFiji: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBelgium: 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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUruguay: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFaroe Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Rwanda about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 129 stories about harm ● Honduras about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about three times as angry as the world's · 1,733 stories about harm ● Germany about three times as angry as the world's · 500 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,132 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 85 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 16,825 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Conflict & violence22% 11,999 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Health19% 10,189 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 7,516 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,726 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,194 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 982 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 913 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 killed18,382 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,563 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,262 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,498 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting abductions1,416 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees696 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Hungary Stories reporting people displaced620 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations394 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting people falling ill54 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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 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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