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51,283 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to plane crash in Portugal, protests in Caracas (Venezuela) and violence in Mogadishu. Somalia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Syria and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNorth Korea 60 in 100 of its 1,927 stories, usually 15
RegionEast Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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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Disasters & accidents

Portugal

824 of its 1,017 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Pedrogao Grande accounted for 595 of Portugal's 824 stories about harm, carried by 406 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (155 stories). Plane crash was named in 308 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories → Pedrogao Grande stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

474 of its 625 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. 169 of Caracas' 238 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Cyclone was named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts and hunger.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

453 of its 511 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Mogadishu accounted for 405 of Somalia's 453 stories about harm, carried by 300 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (289 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Health

New Zealand

304 of its 1,418 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). House fires were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Poland

135 of its 407 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 49 of Warsaw's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

119 of its 136 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Bangui accounted for 87 of the Central African Republic's 119 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

Bamako accounted for 145 of Mali's 193 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (38 stories). Drought was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

674 of its 1,094 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Brussels accounted for 645 of Belgium's 674 stories about harm, carried by 677 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (239 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Trinidad & Tobago

92 of its 168 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Power cuts were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

110 of its 132 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (96 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Bangladesh (29 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in Sri Lanka (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Peru (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Trinidad & Tobago (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in India (185 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 20 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 51,283 stories about harm among 229,050 counted on 20 Jun.

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Mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual in Portugal's news. of the day's 229,050 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Syria and the US. Portugal's news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%. A year earlier, on 20 June 2016, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia89 in 100 of its 511 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Central African Republic88 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Guatemala83 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 48 · mostly disasters & accidents Portugal81 in 100 of its 1,017 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen79 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 82 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US488 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2115 Delhi India215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 511 Caracas Venezuela169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 238 London UK147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2301 Kabul Afghanistan142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321

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'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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: 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 readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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'sNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: 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'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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 readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sCrimea: 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: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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 readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier 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 warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: 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'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times 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 a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFaroe Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 fearful as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: 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 twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Iran about three times as fearful as the world's · 242 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 453 stories about harm ● New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 304 stories about harm ● Mali about twice as angry as the world's · 193 stories about harm ● Guatemala about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 110 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as angry as the world's · 210 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice24% 12,183 stories · about as usual Health22% 10,944 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence21% 10,635 stories · much less than usual (usually 29%) Disasters & accidents18% 9,119 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,826 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 2,470 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Shelter & services3% 1,312 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 963 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 killed16,782 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,500 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,381 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,347 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees1,830 at about three times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people displaced896 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations783 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Belgium and the US Stories reporting abductions604 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill18 at less than a quarter of 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 →

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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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