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41,363 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Arsal, protests in Hanoi (Vietnam) and people killed in the Bahamas drew the news. Lebanon's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostLebanon 71 in 100 of its 425 stories, usually 28
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 56 in 100 of its stories, usually 46
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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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

303 of its 425 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Arsal accounted for 147 of Lebanon's 303 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (241 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Arsal stories →
Protests & strikes

Vietnam

184 of its 498 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 108 of Hanoi's 116 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → Hanoi stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

53 of its 187 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Bahamas over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Romania

75 of its 211 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (63 stories).

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

Niger

66 of its 74 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Kabelawa accounted for 47 of Niger's 66 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Côte d’Ivoire

105 of its 155 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Abidjan accounted for 80 of Côte d’Ivoire's 105 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

422 of its 648 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 94 of Palestinian Legislative Council's 154 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (193 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

763 of its 917 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (430 stories). Hunger was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

1,140 of its 1,411 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Khan Sheikhoun accounted for 448 of Syria's 1,140 stories about harm, carried by 437 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). Tsunami was named in 259 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Japan (259 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (99 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Albania (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Guam (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Kashmir (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 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 30 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 41,363 stories about harm among 187,348 counted on 30 Jun.

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In Lebanon, 71% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 187,348 stories, as usual. Mentions of the tsunami ran about 8 times their usual in Japan's news. On 30 June 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger89 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq83 in 100 of its 917 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Syria81 in 100 of its 1,411 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Mali78 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen74 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 80 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US442 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1919 Beijing China333 stories about protests or strikes, of its 451 London UK257 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1037 Caracas Venezuela212 stories about protests or strikes, of its 232 Hanoi Vietnam108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 116

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSri 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'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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'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'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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'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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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'sEritrea: 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 readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sBarbados: 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'sArgentina: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSuriname: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: 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'sPalestine: 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 twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFaroe Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than 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 about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than 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 a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than 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 a little angrier than the world'sJersey: 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

● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 1,140 stories about harm ● Niger about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 66 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 326 stories about harm ● Mali about twice as warm as the world's · 114 stories about harm ● Lebanon about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 303 stories about harm ● Côte d’Ivoire about twice as warm as the world's · 105 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 11,594 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence21% 8,406 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Health19% 7,630 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 6,424 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,656 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,582 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,182 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,062 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 killed12,637 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,675 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,663 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,307 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees949 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting evacuations673 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced617 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions523 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill37 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 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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