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37,554 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Yangon (Myanmar), evacuations in Indonesia and violence in Jalalabad. Afghanistan's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBahamas 60 in 100 of its 338 stories, usually 16
RegionSoutheast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

65 of its 92 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Yangon accounted for 54 of Myanmar's 65 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. 35 of Yangon's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (52 stories).

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Health

Indonesia

429 of its 761 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories). HIV was named in 179 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with train derailment. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

497 of its 616 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Jalalabad accounted for 363 of Afghanistan's 497 stories about harm, carried by 301 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Jalalabad stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

202 of its 338 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Nassau accounted for 169 of the Bahamas' 202 stories about harm, carried by 252 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (173 stories).

Bahamas over 30 days → its stories → Nassau stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Malta

177 of its 270 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Valletta accounted for 148 of Malta's 177 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (101 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

98 of its 203 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Landslides were named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

467 of its 1,162 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (249 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Namibia

38 of its 106 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Flu was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Bangladesh

399 of its 694 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (144 stories). Plane crash was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

16 of its 50 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 5 of Minsk's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Puerto Rico (42 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in South Korea (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Malawi (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Nepal (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Namibia (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 2 Jul. 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 37,554 stories about harm among 181,723 counted on 2 Jul.

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Puerto Rico's news mentioned power cuts about three times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 181,723 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 2 July 2017, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 21 today. Myanmar stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 47%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan81 in 100 of its 616 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Mali81 in 100 of its 237 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Syria80 in 100 of its 566 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen77 in 100 of its 183 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar71 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US261 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1025 Miami US178 stories about protests or strikes, of its 276 Jerusalem Israel124 stories about protests or strikes, of its 289 London UK107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 473 Abadan Iran104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 104

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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'sThailand: 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'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'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'sGambia: 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'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: 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'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'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'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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEswatini: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about three times as angry 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'sSouth Africa: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMauritania: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalta: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sComoros: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: 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

● Afghanistan about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 497 stories about harm ● South Sudan few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Philippines about twice as fearful as the world's · 467 stories about harm ● Mali about twice as angry as the world's · 191 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 187 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 10,330 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Health19% 7,063 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 6,622 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 6,124 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,430 stories · about as usual Displacement6% 2,285 stories · more than usual (usually 4%) Shelter & services4% 1,346 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 632 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 killed10,539 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,678 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,015 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,937 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees1,335 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions620 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about France and India Stories reporting evacuations603 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced371 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill76 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 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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