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The day's news pointed at the tsunami in Japan, protests in Banjul (Gambia) and violence in Bogota. the Gambia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNorth Macedonia 60 in 100 of its 257 stories, usually 8
RegionEast Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

1,482 of its 2,902 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Osaka accounted for 1,238 of Japan's 1,482 stories about harm, carried by 1,448 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,055 stories). Tsunami was named in 677 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with power cuts, landslides and hurricane. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Japan over 30 days → its stories → Osaka stories →
Protests & strikes

Gambia

79 of its 145 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 64 of Banjul's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories → Banjul stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

482 of its 776 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Bogota accounted for 430 of Colombia's 482 stories about harm, carried by 605 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (300 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Madagascar

19 of its 33 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Accidents were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Vietnam

126 of its 388 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 37 of Ho Chi Minh City's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

North Macedonia

153 of its 257 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. 117 of Skopje's 120 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (96 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

174 of its 257 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

North Korea

184 of its 562 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (135 stories). Tsunami was named in 101 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Chile

34 of its 94 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in North Korea (101 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Madagascar (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in United Arab Emirates (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Saudi Arabia (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Nicaragua (28 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 18 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 39,923 stories about harm among 185,488 counted on 18 Jun.

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Japan's news was 51% about people being harmed, against a usual 13%. of the day's 185,488 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Japan's news mentioned the tsunami about 10 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 18 June 2017, 26 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 →

Nicaragua84 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 82 · mostly rights & justice Puerto Rico76 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 62 · mostly health Yemen73 in 100 of its 560 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia71 in 100 of its 209 stories · usually 45 · mostly displacement Kashmir71 in 100 of its 250 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US528 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1597 Jerusalem Israel200 stories about protests or strikes, of its 470 Berkeley US176 stories about protests or strikes, of its 207 Skopje North Macedonia117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 120 Gaza Palestine111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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'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 readTurkmenistan: 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'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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 readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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 readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: 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'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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'sAngola: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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'sZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: 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'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: 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'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sChile: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNauru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMayotte: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Colombia about twice as warm as the world's · 482 stories about harm ● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 177 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 408 stories about harm ● Vietnam about twice as fearful as the world's · 126 stories about harm ● Gambia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 79 stories about harm ● Bosnia few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 23 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 11,308 stories · about as usual Health20% 7,664 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 7,580 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 6,742 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,678 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,380 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,273 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 612 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 killed12,018 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,266 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting arrests5,172 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,685 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,021 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting evacuations626 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced432 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Colombia and Yemen Stories reporting abductions295 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill64 at about two-thirds of 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 →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were much harsher 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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