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32,256 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Cairo, flooding in Japan and rights and justice in Bucharest. Egypt's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Japan and the UK → Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about Japan and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostJapan 75 in 100 of its 3,401 stories, usually 15
RegionEast Asia 48 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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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Conflict & violence

Egypt

244 of its 429 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Cairo accounted for 179 of Egypt's 244 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Outbreaks were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

2,534 of its 3,401 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Yokosuka accounted for 2,393 of Japan's 2,534 stories about harm, carried by 1,348 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,210 stories). Flooding was named in 1,833 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Japan over 30 days → its stories → Yokosuka stories →
Health

Vanuatu

31 of its 45 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Israel

761 of its 991 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jerusalem accounted for 623 of Israel's 761 stories about harm, carried by 278 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (498 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Germany

622 of its 1,318 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (432 stories). Natural hazards were named in 47 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

71 of its 129 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

169 of its 180 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

278 of its 397 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Gabon

17 of its 26 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. 16 of Libreville's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Greece (41 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hepatitis in Gibraltar (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Somalia (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Germany (47 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Nigeria (24 of its stories, about three times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 32,256 stories about harm among 126,477 counted on 17 Jun.

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Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Japan's news. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Japan and the UK. Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 126,477 stories, above the usual 23. A year earlier, on 17 June 2016, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali94 in 100 of its 180 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq78 in 100 of its 300 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Syria77 in 100 of its 731 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Israel77 in 100 of its 991 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Japan75 in 100 of its 3,401 stories · usually 15 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK1055 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2267 Ramsey County US396 stories about protests or strikes, of its 430 Rutherford County US244 stories about protests or strikes, of its 278 Washington US122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 784 Darjeeling India105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125

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'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra 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'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: 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'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'sGhana: 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: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVanuatu: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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'sUganda: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: 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 about twice as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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 about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: 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 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

● Egypt about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 244 stories about harm ● Mali about twice as fearful as the world's · 169 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 644 stories about harm ● Azerbaijan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 272 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 170 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 7,808 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence24% 7,638 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents20% 6,376 stories · much more than usual (usually 14%) Health18% 5,583 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,961 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,073 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 890 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 427 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 killed11,249 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,724 at about twice the usual rate · most about Japan and the UK Stories reporting arrests4,380 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,900 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,237 at about 5 times the usual rate · most about Japan and the US Stories reporting refugees531 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and Spain Stories reporting people displaced478 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the Philippines Stories reporting abductions334 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill26 at about half 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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