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The day's news pointed at rights and justice in Cairo, violence in Sevare and protests in Kampala (Uganda). Mali's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostItaly 46 in 100 of its 918 stories, usually 23
RegionCentral Asia 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
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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Rights & justice

Egypt

211 of its 509 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Cairo accounted for 181 of Egypt's 211 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

179 of its 204 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Sevare accounted for 161 of Mali's 179 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Sevare stories →
Protests & strikes

Uganda

68 of its 132 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 23 of Kampala's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

283 of its 403 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 142 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Palestine

329 of its 569 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 102 of Gaza's 170 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (145 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Italy

420 of its 918 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (200 stories). Drownings were named in 60 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Rights & justice

Mexico

332 of its 866 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (35 stories). Earthquake was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

148 of its 182 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Hunger was named in 101 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. 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.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

43 of its 50 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Mboro accounted for 32 of South Sudan's 43 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Displacement

Czechia

17 of its 65 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Sudan (101 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Puerto Rico (26 of its stories, about three times its usual); helicopter crash in Zimbabwe (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in New Zealand (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Italy (60 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 25,855 stories about harm among 115,265 counted on 30 Jun.

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Mentions of the hunger ran about 5 times their usual in Sudan's news. In Egypt, 41% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 115,265 stories, above the usual 20. A year earlier, on 30 June 2017, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali88 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan86 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen85 in 100 of its 215 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan81 in 100 of its 182 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Syria74 in 100 of its 551 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US552 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1205 Boston US419 stories about protests or strikes, of its 522 Portland US375 stories about protests or strikes, of its 392 Brooklyn US226 stories about protests or strikes, of its 230 Tucson US126 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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'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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: 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'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: 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: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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'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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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 readGuernsey: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sQatar: 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'sPakistan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGrenada: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as warm as 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'sGreenland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: 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'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJersey: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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

● Pakistan about three times as fearful as the world's · 408 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as warm as the world's · 208 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 103 stories about harm ● Zimbabwe about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 96 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 182 stories about harm ● Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 148 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 8,297 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 4,744 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents17% 4,410 stories · about as usual Health16% 4,011 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,724 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 868 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 775 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 578 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 killed8,102 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,460 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,357 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,830 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees910 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting evacuations342 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions324 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting people displaced202 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill43 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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.

● Angera little more than 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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