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52,431 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at people displaced in Bentiu, violence in Bamako and drownings in Japan. Mali's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTrinidad & Tobago 62 in 100 of its 186 stories, usually 15
RegionEast Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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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Displacement

South Sudan

160 of its 215 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Bentiu accounted for 123 of South Sudan's 160 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (137 stories). Outbreaks were named in 91 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Bentiu stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

994 of its 1,071 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Bamako accounted for 923 of Mali's 994 stories about harm, carried by 704 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Bamako stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

1,045 of its 2,681 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (798 stories). Drownings were named in 259 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Japan over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bahrain

115 of its 178 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. 20 of Manama's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Bahrain over 30 days → its stories → Manama stories →
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Protests & strikes

Vietnam

130 of its 432 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 60 of Hanoi's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (64 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Portugal

938 of its 1,427 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

North Korea

447 of its 1,003 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Greenland

53 of its 63 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Nuugaatsiaq accounted for 46 of Greenland's 53 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories).

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Rights & justice

Maldives

64 of its 76 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Burkina Faso

45 of its 63 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Libya (41 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); meningitis in Romania (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in China (67 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); accidents in South Korea (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Indonesia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 26 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 52,431 stories about harm among 208,447 counted on 19 Jun.

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South Sudan's news mentioned outbreaks about 4 times as often as usual. 25 in every 100 of the day's 208,447 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 23. In South Sudan, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 53% is usual. A year earlier, on 19 June 2016, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali93 in 100 of its 1,071 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Maldives84 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Greenland84 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 40 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo77 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Yemen75 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 82 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK766 stories about protests or strikes, of its 5996 Washington US477 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2151 Raqqa Syria232 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1061 Bamako Mali206 stories about protests or strikes, of its 923 Tehran Iran198 stories about protests or strikes, of its 548

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'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'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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: 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'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'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: 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'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 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: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: feelings about like the world'sSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice 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 warm as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLaos: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: 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'sIreland: 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 fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCook Islands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMaldives: 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

● Mali about twice as angry as the world's · 994 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 638 stories about harm ● Maldives about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 64 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 129 stories about harm ● UK about twice as fearful as the world's · 7,514 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,702 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence29% 14,836 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 11,784 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents18% 9,398 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Health17% 8,925 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,155 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,399 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,310 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 890 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 killed19,164 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured7,507 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,382 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,304 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees927 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Greece Stories reporting people displaced808 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and South Sudan Stories reporting abductions565 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations477 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill44 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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
● 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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