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41,016 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Beijing (China), violence in Cairo and illness in Dakar. Egypt's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSenegal 85 in 100 of its 115 stories, usually 23
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 55 in 100 of its stories, usually 47
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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Protests & strikes

China

1,584 of its 4,736 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 614 of Beijing's 999 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (324 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 85 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

China over 30 days → its stories → Beijing stories →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

718 of its 946 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Cairo accounted for 445 of Egypt's 718 stories about harm, carried by 353 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (419 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Montenegro

27 of its 31 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Storms were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with wildfires. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Israel

1,331 of its 1,970 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,193 of Israel's 1,331 stories about harm, carried by 661 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (572 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

150 of its 173 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Ecuador

22 of its 35 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 14 of Quito's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

France

1,241 of its 3,649 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (787 stories). Train derailment was named in 144 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Singapore

118 of its 479 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

South Korea

170 of its 791 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 112 of Seoul's 134 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Peru (63 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (36 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Philippines (134 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Saudi Arabia (29 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); train derailment in France (144 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 14 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 41,016 stories about harm among 182,908 counted on 14 Jul.

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Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Peru's news. of the day's 182,908 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to China for the second day running. China's news was 33% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. A year earlier, on 14 July 2016, 20 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 →

South Sudan87 in 100 of its 173 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Senegal85 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 23 · mostly health Congo80 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 66 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Egypt76 in 100 of its 946 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen75 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 79 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beijing China614 stories about protests or strikes, of its 999 Paris France210 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1090 Istanbul Türkiye179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 237 Washington US167 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1071 Caracas Venezuela142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 223

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'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'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'sUganda: 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'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: 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'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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: 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'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 readDenmark: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChad: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: 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'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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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 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 readJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readNorfolk 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTogo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMontenegro: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMauritius: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times 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 fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAngola: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times 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 more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGuernsey: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMacao: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Egypt about three times as angry as the world's · 718 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 266 stories about harm ● Haiti about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 106 stories about harm ● China about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 1,584 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 177 stories about harm ● Bosnia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 27 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 11,029 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 8,923 stories · about as usual Health21% 8,366 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 5,486 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,944 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,381 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,173 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 968 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 killed13,906 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,100 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,189 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,753 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations665 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees580 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced397 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iraq and India Stories reporting abductions393 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about a third of 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 →

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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
● 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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