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45,283 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Badme, refugees in Hungary and people injured in Zambia. Zambia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Italy → Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Yemen →
Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostZambia 65 in 100 of its 201 stories, usually 17
RegionSoutheast Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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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Conflict & violence

Eritrea

172 of its 226 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Badme accounted for 164 of Eritrea's 172 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (158 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Eritrea over 30 days → its stories → Badme stories →
Rights & justice

Hungary

149 of its 349 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (68 stories). Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flu. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Zambia

131 of its 201 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Zambia over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

549 of its 775 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (496 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Cameroon

96 of its 123 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Yaounde accounted for 74 of Cameroon's 96 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Mali

61 of its 79 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Nantaka accounted for 50 of Mali's 61 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

563 of its 647 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Hodeida accounted for 410 of Yemen's 563 stories about harm, carried by 298 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (187 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Gambia

87 of its 150 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 54 of Banjul's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

142 of its 180 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (135 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

214 of its 283 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Jordan (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Hong Kong (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Latvia (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); volcanic eruption in New Zealand (63 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 45,283 stories about harm among 219,032 counted on 20 Jun.

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Refugees were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Italy. 21 in every 100 of the day's 219,032 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Latvia's news, mentions of the drought ran about 7 times their usual. Eritrea stood out: 76% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. On 20 June 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen87 in 100 of its 647 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua80 in 100 of its 162 stories · usually 82 · mostly rights & justice South Sudan79 in 100 of its 180 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Cameroon78 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Mali77 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1642 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3665 Hodeida Yemen184 stories about protests or strikes, of its 410 Texas US97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 689 Jerusalem Israel89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 322 Masaya Nicaragua88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Venezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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'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'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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'sMyanmar: 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sZambia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSamoa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPanama: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEritrea: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times 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'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as 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'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPitcairn: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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

● Eritrea about twice as warm as the world's · 172 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 563 stories about harm ● Iran about three times as fearful as the world's · 178 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 382 stories about harm ● Libya about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 214 stories about harm ● Zambia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 131 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 15,605 stories · much more than usual (usually 30%) Health18% 7,944 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Conflict & violence16% 7,002 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 6,290 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Displacement7% 3,118 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,196 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,517 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 849 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 killed11,482 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,761 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting arrests7,286 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees2,711 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting people injured2,224 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced1,407 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting abductions287 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting evacuations205 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill31 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany

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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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