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39,610 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Hayfa (Saudi Arabia), violence in Derna and rights and justice in Kamnik drew the news. Libya's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostMaldives 81 in 100 of its 155 stories, usually 18
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

Saudi Arabia

180 of its 333 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 52 of Hayfa's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (47 stories). Hunger was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Hayfa stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

192 of its 223 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Derna accounted for 117 of Libya's 192 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (149 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Derna stories →
Health

Gambia

71 of its 145 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). HIV was named in 62 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

187 of its 356 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Caracas accounted for 152 of Venezuela's 187 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. 142 of Caracas' 152 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (150 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Maldives

126 of its 155 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (106 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Hungary

56 of its 166 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Landslides were named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

110 of its 129 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Mogadishu accounted for 88 of Somalia's 110 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. 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.

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Protests & strikes

Georgia

22 of its 52 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 16 of Tbilisi's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

158 of its 257 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Hungary (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (73 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in Latvia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Switzerland (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Nepal (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 39,610 stories about harm among 211,120 counted on 1 Jun.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 4 December 2017. Saudi Arabia stood out: 54% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 29%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 211,120 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. On 1 June 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 today. Over May, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 in May 2017.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya86 in 100 of its 223 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia85 in 100 of its 129 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Maldives81 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 18 · mostly conflict & violence Congo75 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 86 · mostly health Yemen73 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1625 Gaza Palestine180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 292 Caracas Venezuela142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152 Jerusalem Israel136 stories about protests or strikes, of its 429 Bethlehem Palestine126 stories about protests or strikes, of its 212

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'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: 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'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSierra 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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'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'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: 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'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSlovenia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrench Polynesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than 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 angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMayotte: 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

● Mali few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 110 stories about harm ● Nicaragua about three times as angry as the world's · 192 stories about harm ● Libya about twice as angry as the world's · 192 stories about harm ● Ukraine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 145 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 158 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 12,637 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Health22% 8,689 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents17% 6,487 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 5,092 stories · much less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,380 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 1,389 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,355 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 816 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 killed10,921 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests5,484 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,245 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,015 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions655 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees484 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting evacuations290 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people displaced233 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Cameroon Stories reporting people falling ill170 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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