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36,927 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at rights and justice in Phnom Penh, protests in Pulwama (Kashmir) and people killed in Spain. Cambodia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostCambodia 83 in 100 of its 362 stories, usually 35
RegionSouth Asia 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
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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Rights & justice

Cambodia

302 of its 362 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Phnom Penh accounted for 288 of Cambodia's 302 stories about harm, carried by 306 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (84 stories). Hunger was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Phnom Penh stories →
Protests & strikes

Kashmir

469 of its 596 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 179 of Pulwama's 219 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (107 stories). Drownings were named in 33 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Pulwama stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Spain

774 of its 1,712 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (639 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Spain over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

80 of its 83 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Bamako accounted for 67 of Mali's 80 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Bamako stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Algeria

126 of its 162 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Algiers accounted for 121 of Algeria's 126 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (98 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Libya

175 of its 200 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Bani Walid accounted for 145 of Libya's 175 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (146 stories). Ebola was named in 145 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Germany

223 of its 836 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 148 of Berlin's 176 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (142 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

US

14,688 of its 45,430 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 4,719 of Dallas' 5,942 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (3,070 stories). Plague was named in 221 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with bird flu.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

765 of its 892 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Juba accounted for 670 of South Sudan's 765 stories about harm, carried by 611 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Venezuela

74 of its 117 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Wildfires were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Libya (145 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Greenland (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Tonga (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cholera in Ethiopia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in China (84 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 27 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 36,927 stories about harm among 141,763 counted on 10 Jul.

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Mentions of Ebola ran more than ten times their usual in Libya's news. In Cambodia, 83% of the news was about people being harmed, where 35% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 141,763 stories, above the usual 23. This week the news turned most often to Taiwan, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali96 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Libya88 in 100 of its 200 stories · usually 70 · mostly rights & justice South Sudan86 in 100 of its 892 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia83 in 100 of its 362 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir79 in 100 of its 596 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dallas US4719 stories about protests or strikes, of its 5942 Baton Rouge US1092 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1117 Washington US375 stories about protests or strikes, of its 978 Pulwama Kashmir179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 219 Bhopal India172 stories about protests or strikes, of its 240

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Venezuela: 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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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 readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: too little coverage to readRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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'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: 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 readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: 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'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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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'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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: 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'sVatican City: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier 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'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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

● Saudi Arabia about three times as fearful as the world's · 143 stories about harm ● Germany about twice as angry as the world's · 223 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as fearful as the world's · 740 stories about harm ● Japan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 339 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as fearful as the world's · 634 stories about harm ● Algeria about twice as fearful as the world's · 126 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence34% 12,452 stories · much more than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice33% 12,043 stories · much more than usual (usually 28%) Health12% 4,245 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents10% 3,706 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,277 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 823 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 512 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 506 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 killed17,861 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured6,114 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests5,748 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected3,001 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions638 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees357 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting evacuations299 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced275 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about South Sudan and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill26 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France

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.

● 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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