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46,883 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to illness in Baghdad, building collapse in Kenya and violence in Stockholm. Iraq's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iraq and the US → Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Iraq and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMaldives 84 in 100 of its 186 stories, usually 29
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Iraq

706 of its 883 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Baghdad accounted for 354 of Iraq's 706 stories about harm, carried by 316 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (254 stories). Poisoning was named in 422 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kenya

464 of its 939 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Nairobi accounted for 390 of Kenya's 464 stories about harm, carried by 314 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Building collapse was named in 163 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Conflict & violence

Sweden

254 of its 553 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Stockholm accounted for 223 of Sweden's 254 stories about harm, carried by 218 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (175 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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

Qatar

794 of its 1,678 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Poisoning was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Maldives

156 of its 186 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (111 stories). Measles was named in 153 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with rubella.

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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

639 of its 936 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (541 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

122 of its 287 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Russia

1,344 of its 5,706 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 557 of Moscow's 924 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (566 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Romania

50 of Bucharest's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: measles in Maldives (153 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (156 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in Hong Kong (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (53 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tuberculosis in Peru (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 Jun. 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 46,883 stories about harm among 235,356 counted on 13 Jun.

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The Maldives' news mentioned measles more than ten times as often as usual. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iraq and the US. On 13 June 2016, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 20 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 235,356 stories, below the usual 23.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Maldives84 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 29 · mostly health Iraq80 in 100 of its 883 stories · usually 67 · mostly health Yemen77 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 81 · mostly health Syria74 in 100 of its 613 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 599 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia557 stories about protests or strikes, of its 924 San Francisco US221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 499 Orlando US192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 463 Mandsaur India181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 202 Washington US175 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1590

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'sVietnam: 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: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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 Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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'sMozambique: 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'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJapan: 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'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta 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'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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 readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer 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 three times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: 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 twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 warm as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 639 stories about harm ● Iran about three times as fearful as the world's · 277 stories about harm ● Romania about three times as angry as the world's · 64 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as angry as the world's · 122 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 706 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 425 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 12,691 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 9,917 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Health21% 9,478 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 6,522 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,124 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,500 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,446 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,299 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 killed14,234 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests6,954 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,059 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,714 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting refugees1,141 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting people displaced1,011 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iraq and the US Stories reporting abductions411 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill402 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about Iraq and the US Stories reporting evacuations344 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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