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The day's news pointed at protests in Beijing (China), rights and justice in Rutsiro and violence in Srebrenica. Bosnia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCameroon 73 in 100 of its 278 stories, usually 29
RegionEast Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Protests & strikes

China

1,620 of its 5,128 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 584 of Beijing's 792 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (577 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 163 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

China over 30 days → its stories → Beijing stories →
Rights & justice

Rwanda

89 of its 128 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Rutsiro accounted for 52 of Rwanda's 89 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Rutsiro stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

150 of its 163 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Srebrenica accounted for 148 of Bosnia's 150 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Srebrenica stories →
Health

Italy

327 of its 917 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (118 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Argentina

91 of its 211 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Buenos Aires accounted for 71 of Argentina's 91 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. 61 of Buenos Aires' 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (61 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Cameroon

203 of its 278 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (179 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Lithuania

52 of its 81 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Vilnius accounted for 52 of Lithuania's 52 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories).

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

129 of its 174 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Angola

33 of its 81 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

France

1,156 of its 4,225 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (166 stories). 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: heatwave in Albania (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); rabies in Malaysia (32 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Gambia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in New Zealand (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 Jul. 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 41,122 stories about harm among 196,166 counted on 13 Jul.

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Albania's news mentioned the heatwave more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 196,166 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. In China, 32% of the news was about people being harmed, where 19% is usual. A year earlier, on 13 July 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia92 in 100 of its 163 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen82 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 79 · mostly health Congo79 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 66 · mostly shelter & services Somalia79 in 100 of its 205 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan74 in 100 of its 174 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beijing China584 stories about protests or strikes, of its 792 Washington US217 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1475 Shenyang China214 stories about protests or strikes, of its 433 London UK119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 733 Paris France112 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1041

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: 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'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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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 readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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'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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGrenada: 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'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'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'sCuba: 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: 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: 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little angrier than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as 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'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAngola: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSt. Martin: 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

● Cameroon about three times as angry as the world's · 203 stories about harm ● Bosnia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 150 stories about harm ● Qatar about twice as fearful as the world's · 293 stories about harm ● China about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 1,620 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as fearful as the world's · 121 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 148 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 12,120 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Health22% 8,949 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence19% 7,619 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents14% 5,743 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,210 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,365 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,201 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,044 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 killed11,608 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,010 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,727 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,097 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees816 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations690 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced551 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions486 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill44 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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
● 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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