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25,657 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Addis Ababa, protests in Almaty (Kazakhstan) and drownings in Libya. Ethiopia's coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostEthiopia 83 in 100 of its 998 stories, usually 41
RegionCentral Asia 56 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

832 of its 998 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Addis Ababa accounted for 467 of Ethiopia's 832 stories about harm, carried by 292 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (524 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Addis Ababa stories →
Protests & strikes

Kazakhstan

40 of its 52 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Almaty accounted for 35 of Kazakhstan's 40 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. 35 of Almaty's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories).

Kazakhstan over 30 days → its stories → Almaty stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

76 of its 97 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Tripoli accounted for 57 of Libya's 76 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories). Drownings were named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Spain

263 of its 822 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 59 of Madrid's 85 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (106 stories). Flu was named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

399 of its 507 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (62 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

Managua accounted for 52 of Nicaragua's 62 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. 49 of Managua's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Venezuela

73 of its 104 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Diphtheria was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with malaria, measles and respiratory illness.

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Conflict & violence

South Korea

246 of its 1,057 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (159 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Gambia

19 of its 33 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 9 of Faraba Banta's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: polio in Togo (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Guyana (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Venezuela (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Israel (77 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heatwave in Ireland (25 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 23 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 25,657 stories about harm among 115,256 counted on 23 Jun.

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Libya's news mentioned drownings more than ten times as often as usual. Ethiopia's news was 83% about people being harmed, against a usual 41%. of the day's 115,256 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. On 23 June 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia83 in 100 of its 998 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia82 in 100 of its 203 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Nicaragua81 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 82 · mostly rights & justice Syria79 in 100 of its 507 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Libya78 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 56 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Los Fresnos US269 stories about protests or strikes, of its 273 Washington US240 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1112 Addis Ababa Ethiopia196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 467 Riyadh Saudi Arabia191 stories about protests or strikes, of its 210 Nablus Palestine136 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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'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'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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'sBahrain: 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'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: 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'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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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: 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 readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTogo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: 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'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Caledonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sComoros: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAngola: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice 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 a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as 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

● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 399 stories about harm ● Thailand few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 59 stories about harm ● South Korea about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 246 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 119 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 124 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 8,841 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Health17% 4,280 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents17% 4,256 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 3,858 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,612 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,107 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 930 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 358 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 killed6,890 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,079 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia Stories reporting people affected3,365 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,512 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ethiopia and the US Stories reporting refugees827 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting abductions343 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Colombia and India Stories reporting evacuations170 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced136 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting people falling ill69 at about the usual rate

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 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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