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The day's news pointed at deaths in Ljubljana, arrests in Cameroon and protests in Kiev (Ukraine). Ukraine's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSlovenia 67 in 100 of its 137 stories, usually 6
RegionCentral Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Slovenia

92 of its 137 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. Ljubljana accounted for 84 of Slovenia's 92 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Slovenia over 30 days → its stories → Ljubljana stories →
Rights & justice

Cameroon

239 of its 287 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (136 stories). Hunger was named in 122 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with bird flu. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Ukraine

228 of its 392 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 48 of Kiev's 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kiev stories →
Conflict & violence

Austria

112 of its 262 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (40 stories). Tornadoes were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Haiti

118 of its 236 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Port Salut accounted for 103 of Haiti's 118 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Cholera was named in 105 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with earthquake. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

367 of its 841 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 195 of Harare's 244 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Rabies was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

France

1,038 of its 3,701 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (232 stories). Storms were named in 18 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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Protests & strikes

El Salvador

98 of its 116 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. 21 of el Mozote's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

836 of its 2,204 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (397 stories). Plague was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

1,338 of its 2,183 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (363 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Haiti (105 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tropical storm in Taiwan (28 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Peru (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Colombia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Brazil (18 of its stories, about 9 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 14 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 57,346 stories about harm among 285,934 counted on 14 Jul.

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In Slovenia, 67% of the news was about people being harmed, where 6% is usual. Haiti's news mentioned the cholera about 7 times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 285,934 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

El Salvador84 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan84 in 100 of its 1,004 stories · usually 76 · mostly displacement Cameroon83 in 100 of its 287 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice Syria80 in 100 of its 870 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq72 in 100 of its 849 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dallas US1058 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2513 Washington US872 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2846 Islamabad Pakistan350 stories about protests or strikes, of its 707 Harare Zimbabwe195 stories about protests or strikes, of its 244 Chicago US193 stories about protests or strikes, of its 511

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: 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: 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'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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: 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 Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: 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'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: 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'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR 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'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'sBelize: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSlovenia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalta: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● El Salvador about three times as angry as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Yemen about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 167 stories about harm ● Poland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 165 stories about harm ● Ukraine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 228 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,338 stories about harm ● Cameroon about twice as angry as the world's · 239 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 16,780 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 12,379 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Health19% 10,888 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents12% 6,767 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 4,617 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,921 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,798 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,394 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 killed20,782 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,919 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,408 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and South Sudan Stories reporting people injured4,972 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees781 at about half the usual rate · most about Germany and the US Stories reporting evacuations749 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions639 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced536 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill82 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 much softer than 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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