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62,841 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Phnom Penh (Cambodia), violence in Juba and people injured in Italy. Cambodia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostItaly 56 in 100 of its 2,780 stories, usually 16
RegionCentral Asia 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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

Cambodia

165 of its 231 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Phnom Penh accounted for 136 of Cambodia's 165 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. 109 of Phnom Penh's 136 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (128 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Phnom Penh stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

926 of its 1,126 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Juba accounted for 836 of South Sudan's 926 stories about harm, carried by 563 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories). Heavy rain was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Juba stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

1,558 of its 2,780 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (883 stories). Train derailment was named in 106 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plane crash, hunger and heatwave. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Kyrgyzstan

125 of its 165 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Bishkek accounted for 106 of Kyrgyzstan's 125 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. 99 of Bishkek's 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (100 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Mali

123 of its 154 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. 53 of Bamako's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bosnia

70 of its 80 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Srebrenica accounted for 65 of Bosnia's 70 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. 43 of Srebrenica's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

737 of its 902 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (130 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hepatitis. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Croatia

71 of its 121 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

359 of its 724 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 241 of Harare's 263 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in Bolivia (24 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in France (144 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in China (334 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Mozambique (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Bangladesh (110 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 62,841 stories about harm among 280,994 counted on 12 Jul.

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The news turned to Cambodia for the third day running. 22 in every 100 of the day's 280,994 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Bolivia's news, mentions of respiratory illness ran about three times their usual. Cambodia stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 40%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia88 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan82 in 100 of its 1,126 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Syria82 in 100 of its 902 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Mali80 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen76 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 83 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dallas US2835 stories about protests or strikes, of its 4349 Baton Rouge US784 stories about protests or strikes, of its 867 Beijing China640 stories about protests or strikes, of its 974 Dallas US632 stories about protests or strikes, of its 961 Washington US551 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1995

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'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'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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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 readSpain: 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'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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'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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'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'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: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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 readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChad: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTonga: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sParaguay: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCroatia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful 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 warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than 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'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer 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 4 times as fearful as the world's · 676 stories about harm ● Croatia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Mali about twice as warm as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 737 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 319 stories about harm ● South Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 926 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 19,415 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence24% 14,729 stories · much less than usual (usually 29%) Health17% 10,224 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 8,454 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 4,071 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 2,011 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,636 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,294 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 killed25,439 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests8,996 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured7,986 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,710 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,162 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions813 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people displaced756 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations607 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill62 at about the usual rate

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
● Feara little less than 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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