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39,744 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Tehran (Iran), deaths in Conakry and people injured in Nigeria drew the news. Vietnam's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostGuinea 88 in 100 of its 92 stories, usually 31
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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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Protests & strikes

Iran

347 of its 773 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Tehran accounted for 318 of Iran's 347 stories about harm, carried by 330 outlets. 301 of Tehran's 318 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (250 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Guinea

81 of its 92 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Conakry accounted for 80 of Guinea's 81 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Conakry stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

1,035 of its 2,473 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (137 stories). Cyclone was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

169 of its 459 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (128 stories). Heavy rain was named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Ethiopia

291 of its 431 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (233 stories). Train derailment was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

161 of its 211 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Khartoum accounted for 139 of Sudan's 161 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (135 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Ukraine

184 of its 337 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

335 of its 596 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (169 stories). Accidents were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

146 of its 183 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

157 of its 478 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (65 stories). Earthquake was named in 85 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in South Sudan (54 of its stories, about three times its usual); tuberculosis in Niger (148 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Greece (85 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Brazil (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Ireland (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 39,744 stories about harm among 182,128 counted on 25 Jun.

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In South Sudan's news, mentions of the hunger ran about three times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 182,128 stories, above the usual 20. Iran's news was 45% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. On 25 June 2017, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guinea88 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 31 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Yemen88 in 100 of its 243 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua87 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 83 · mostly rights & justice Mali80 in 100 of its 183 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan76 in 100 of its 211 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US441 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1701 Tehran Iran301 stories about protests or strikes, of its 318 Reno US241 stories about protests or strikes, of its 245 Florida US228 stories about protests or strikes, of its 305 Riyadh Saudi Arabia162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 279

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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'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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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 readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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'sNew 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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'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'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: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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'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'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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than 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 twice as angry as 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 a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBhutan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: 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

● Vietnam about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 169 stories about harm ● Romania about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Guinea about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 308 stories about harm ● Nigeria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,035 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 213 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 13,178 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Health20% 7,834 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 6,477 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 5,569 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,574 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,501 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,324 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 453 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 killed11,193 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,431 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected5,755 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,078 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,675 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting evacuations436 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions406 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced282 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill62 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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
● 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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