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42,934 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Rabat (Morocco), homes and services in Kampala and people killed in Singapore. Morocco's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostMorocco 68 in 100 of its 212 stories, usually 11
RegionOceania 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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

Morocco

144 of its 212 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 51 of Rabat's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Morocco over 30 days → its stories → Rabat stories →
Shelter & services

Uganda

127 of its 275 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Kampala accounted for 88 of Uganda's 127 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (74 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Health

Singapore

106 of its 539 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories). Bird flu was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flu. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Singapore over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Malta

259 of its 406 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Valletta accounted for 156 of Malta's 259 stories about harm, carried by 228 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (106 stories).

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

Zimbabwe

389 of its 773 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (280 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Qatar

132 of its 326 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Doha accounted for 121 of Qatar's 132 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Latvia

29 of its 54 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Oil spill was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Poland

183 of its 671 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (111 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.

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Conflict & violence

Myanmar

66 of its 92 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Aung Hlaing accounted for 48 of Myanmar's 66 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories).

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Rights & justice

Palau

11 of its 13 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Plane crash was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Armenia (33 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); polio in Papua New Guinea (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Palau (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Zambia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Bulgaria (11 of its stories, more than ten 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 27 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 42,934 stories about harm among 204,647 counted on 27 Jun.

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Morocco's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 11%. of the day's 204,647 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Uganda's news mentioned respiratory illness more than ten times as often as usual. On 27 June 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen81 in 100 of its 270 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Mali79 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Syria78 in 100 of its 646 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan75 in 100 of its 355 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar72 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US567 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2197 Los Angeles US535 stories about protests or strikes, of its 933 Charlottesville US363 stories about protests or strikes, of its 500 San Francisco US209 stories about protests or strikes, of its 467 Detroit US158 stories about protests or strikes, of its 206

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: 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'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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: 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 readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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'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 readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: 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'sZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalau: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times 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'sNauru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little warmer 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

● Poland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 183 stories about harm ● South Sudan few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 266 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 220 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 505 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 123 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice37% 15,297 stories · much more than usual (usually 31%) Health20% 8,415 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 5,744 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents14% 5,673 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,442 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 1,902 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,669 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 663 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 killed10,893 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,821 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,957 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,711 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,162 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations820 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced415 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions309 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting people falling ill42 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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.

● 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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