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26,082 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to landslides in Taiwan, people displaced in Barcelona and violence in Mogadishu. Somalia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Spain and the US →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostTaiwan 75 in 100 of its 314 stories, usually 14
RegionOceania 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

237 of its 314 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Taipei accounted for 150 of Taiwan's 237 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (181 stories). Landslides were named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories → Taipei stories →
Displacement

Spain

619 of its 1,114 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Barcelona accounted for 483 of Spain's 619 stories about harm, carried by 624 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (345 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Spain over 30 days → its stories → Barcelona stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

472 of its 522 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Mogadishu accounted for 408 of Somalia's 472 stories about harm, carried by 351 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (333 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

1,069 of its 1,405 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Caracas accounted for 908 of Venezuela's 1,069 stories about harm, carried by 646 outlets. 756 of Caracas' 908 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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

Australia

1,765 of its 5,074 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (135 stories). Accidents were named in 357 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

162 of its 231 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Arsal accounted for 144 of Lebanon's 162 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

326 of its 407 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (43 stories). Plague was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Morocco

158 of its 201 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 89 of Tetouan's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Germany

784 of its 1,284 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (640 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Uganda

117 of its 201 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (97 stories). Earthquake was named in 98 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Uganda (98 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in North Korea (137 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Canada (210 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Australia (357 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Haiti (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 26,082 stories about harm among 106,769 counted on 30 Jul.

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In Taiwan, 75% of the news was about people being harmed, where 14% is usual. Uganda's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Spain and the US. of the day's 106,769 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. This week the news turned most often to Israel, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia90 in 100 of its 522 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen84 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 81 · mostly conflict & violence Syria80 in 100 of its 407 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Morocco79 in 100 of its 201 stories · usually 24 · mostly rights & justice Venezuela76 in 100 of its 1,405 stories · usually 67 · mostly food & livelihood

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Caracas Venezuela756 stories about protests or strikes, of its 908 Sydney Australia357 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1024 Jerusalem Israel252 stories about protests or strikes, of its 579 Pyongyang North Korea150 stories about protests or strikes, of its 169 Washington US120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 568

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'sKazakhstan: 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'sHaiti: 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'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: 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'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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. 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 readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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

● Belgium about three times as angry as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Türkiye about three times as fearful as the world's · 118 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 472 stories about harm ● Qatar about three times as fearful as the world's · 223 stories about harm ● Lebanon about three times as angry as the world's · 162 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 326 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence27% 6,909 stories · much more than usual (usually 22%) Rights & justice25% 6,349 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 4,416 stories · about as usual Health14% 3,534 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,396 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 1,290 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 893 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 735 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 killed9,157 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,044 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,587 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,256 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting evacuations928 at about twice the usual rate · most about Spain and the US Stories reporting refugees597 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and North Korea Stories reporting abductions447 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Australia and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced194 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Yemen Stories reporting people falling ill19 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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