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38,526 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at a disaster in Bakassi, violence in Amman and deaths in Amsterdam. Jordan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 23 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostCameroon 84 in 100 of its 249 stories, usually 36
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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

Cameroon

208 of its 249 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Bakassi accounted for 148 of Cameroon's 208 stories about harm, carried by 164 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (181 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories → Bakassi stories →
Conflict & violence

Jordan

322 of its 471 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Amman accounted for 230 of Jordan's 322 stories about harm, carried by 234 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (290 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Netherlands

306 of its 624 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Amsterdam accounted for 267 of the Netherlands' 306 stories about harm, carried by 180 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (267 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Netherlands over 30 days → its stories → Amsterdam stories →
Protests & strikes

Türkiye

449 of its 772 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 132 of Istanbul's 170 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Istanbul stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Montenegro

86 of its 98 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Lustica accounted for 81 of Montenegro's 86 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

936 of its 1,200 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Caracas accounted for 845 of Venezuela's 936 stories about harm, carried by 514 outlets. 703 of Caracas' 845 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (734 stories).

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Health

Equatorial Guinea

12 of its 18 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Diphtheria was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with whooping cough.

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Disasters & accidents

Armenia

62 of its 198 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Heavy rain was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

878 of its 2,618 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (174 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Canada

1,002 of its 4,055 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (56 stories). Storms were named in 77 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Armenia (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Barbados (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Equatorial Guinea (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Vietnam (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Poland (12 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 17 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 38,526 stories about harm among 172,095 counted on 17 Jul.

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Mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual in Armenia's news. of the day's 172,095 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Cameroon stood out: 84% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 36%. A year earlier, on 17 July 2016, 27 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 →

Montenegro88 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 30 · mostly disasters & accidents Cameroon84 in 100 of its 249 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Venezuela78 in 100 of its 1,200 stories · usually 67 · mostly food & livelihood Syria72 in 100 of its 843 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Congo69 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Caracas Venezuela703 stories about protests or strikes, of its 845 Jerusalem Israel306 stories about protests or strikes, of its 706 Washington US213 stories about protests or strikes, of its 972 Istanbul Türkiye132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 Idlib Syria100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 156

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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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: 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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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'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 Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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'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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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 readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: 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'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: 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 readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than 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'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than 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 grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMontenegro: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAnguilla: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 331 stories about harm ● Indonesia about twice as fearful as the world's · 168 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 606 stories about harm ● Iraq about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 291 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 449 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as angry as the world's · 237 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice23% 8,810 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Conflict & violence20% 7,571 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Health19% 7,341 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 7,194 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 3,156 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Displacement4% 1,355 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,284 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,162 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 killed14,343 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,524 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,668 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,345 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations681 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions615 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees533 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people displaced364 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill31 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 →

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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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