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47,225 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Rights and justice in Mukalla, violence in Pulwama and people displaced in Bangui drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUganda 52 in 100 of its 447 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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Rights & justice

Yemen

600 of its 634 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 82%. Mukalla accounted for 300 of Yemen's 600 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (285 stories). Measles was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Belgium

311 of its 660 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Brussels accounted for 300 of Belgium's 311 stories about harm, carried by 328 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (181 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (85 stories). Train derailment was named in 84 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cholera. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Hunger was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Food poisoning was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Suriname

27 of its 27 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories).

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Displacement

Uganda

233 of its 447 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (90 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Ethiopia (42 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Saudi Arabia (84 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Hungary (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Malawi (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); house fires in New Zealand (33 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

21 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 22 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 47,225 stories about harm among 225,767 counted on 22 Jun.

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Ethiopia's news mentioned the drought about 4 times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 225,767 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. In Yemen, 95% of the news was about people being harmed, where 82% is usual. On 22 June 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen95 in 100 of its 634 stories · usually 82 · mostly rights & justice Central African Republic90 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 77 · mostly displacement Somalia80 in 100 of its 427 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Congo73 in 100 of its 167 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan73 in 100 of its 1,189 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US451 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1898 London UK130 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1983 Mumbai India118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213 Cincinnati US108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 392 Riyadh Saudi Arabia101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 207

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited 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'sThailand: 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'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 Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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'sNorth Macedonia: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCameroon: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: 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

● Congo about 4 times as angry as the world's · 122 stories about harm ● Somalia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 343 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 236 stories about harm ● Cameroon few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 867 stories about harm ● Central African Republic about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 184 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice24% 11,370 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 10,375 stories · much less than usual (usually 29%) Health20% 9,392 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents19% 8,824 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,414 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,491 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,382 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,173 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 killed13,770 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests6,345 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,522 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,254 at about half the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting people displaced1,035 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iraq and the Central African Republic Stories reporting refugees903 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions631 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations395 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill39 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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
● 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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