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26,576 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Kulgam (Kashmir), flooding in Japan and violence in Mogadishu drew the news. Somalia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Japan → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuadeloupe 98 in 100 of its 82 stories, usually 32
RegionEast Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Kashmir

224 of its 318 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Kulgam accounted for 128 of Kashmir's 224 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. 83 of Kulgam's 128 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Kulgam stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

796 of its 1,367 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (368 stories). Flooding was named in 424 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.

Japan over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

403 of its 469 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Mogadishu accounted for 336 of Somalia's 403 stories about harm, carried by 335 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (160 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

France

358 of its 1,607 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (286 stories). HIV was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Haiti

145 of its 339 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 31 of Port-au-Prince's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (120 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

436 of its 542 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Quneitra accounted for 239 of Syria's 436 stories about harm, carried by 294 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Colombia

52 of its 139 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 33 of Bogota's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

205 of its 234 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Flooding was named in 122 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Spain

329 of its 687 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 31 of Madrid's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (252 stories).

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Protests & strikes

South Korea

128 of its 346 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 106 of Seoul's 119 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Puerto Rico (122 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Zimbabwe (58 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in China (84 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Albania (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); avalanche in Pakistan (59 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 26,576 stories about harm among 113,257 counted on 7 Jul.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Japan. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 113,257 stories, above the usual 21. Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Japan's news. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. the news turned to Kashmir for the second day running.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guadeloupe98 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Mali92 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Puerto Rico88 in 100 of its 234 stories · usually 44 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia86 in 100 of its 469 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Syria80 in 100 of its 542 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chicago US502 stories about protests or strikes, of its 597 Jerusalem Israel231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 400 Washington US201 stories about protests or strikes, of its 629 Nablus Palestine161 stories about protests or strikes, of its 325 Tehran Iran139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 294

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'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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: 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 readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readRomania: 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 readPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: 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'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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'sEthiopia: 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'sDominican Republic: 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 readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer 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 grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sJapan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorthern Mariana 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 three times as angry as the world's · 277 stories about harm ● Iran about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 366 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 403 stories about harm ● Venezuela about twice as fearful as the world's · 60 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 113 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 436 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 7,746 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents24% 6,164 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence16% 4,313 stories · about as usual Health15% 3,846 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,034 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,007 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 760 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 352 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 killed8,551 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people affected4,096 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,350 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,707 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Somalia Stories reporting evacuations1,549 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting refugees720 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions326 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Libya Stories reporting people displaced311 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill113 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Zimbabwe

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than usual
● Feara little less than 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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