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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Beijing (China), storms in Taiwan and people killed in Bahrain. Bahrain's coverage was about 6 times as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBahrain 57 in 100 of its 230 stories, usually 23
RegionEast Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
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

China

957 of its 5,894 stories (16%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 436 of Beijing's 599 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 89 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

China over 30 days → its stories → Beijing stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

180 of its 413 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Taipei accounted for 149 of Taiwan's 180 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Storms were named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with power cuts.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories → Taipei stories →
Conflict & violence

Bahrain

132 of its 230 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as fearful as the world's.

Bahrain over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Samoa

18 of its 33 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Measles was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with rubella.

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

Azerbaijan

95 of its 220 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 6 of Baku's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Tunisia

27 of its 42 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

901 of its 2,273 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (644 stories). Heatstroke was named in 120 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

13 of its 23 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

South Sudan

103 of its 127 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

South Africa

597 of its 1,668 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (232 stories). Plane crash was named in 122 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Sudan (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in South Korea (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in South Africa (122 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Zimbabwe (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatstroke in Japan (120 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 39,837 stories about harm among 209,133 counted on 10 Jul.

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In Sudan's news, mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual. China stood out: 16% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 10%. On 10 July 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 today. of the day's 209,133 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan81 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Syria79 in 100 of its 428 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan74 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 69 · mostly rights & justice Nicaragua72 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 82 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 530 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beijing China436 stories about protests or strikes, of its 599 Washington US400 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1522 Harney County US248 stories about protests or strikes, of its 264 Delhi India169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 631 Charleston US122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138

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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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 readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: 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'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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'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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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'sAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readAmerican 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 readGuernsey: 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: 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: 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 a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as angry 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 about three times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSamoa: 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'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful 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'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLesotho: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage about 6 times as fearful as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJersey: 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

● Bahrain about 6 times as fearful as the world's · 132 stories about harm ● Azerbaijan about three times as angry as the world's · 95 stories about harm ● Jordan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 96 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 375 stories about harm ● South Sudan about three times as angry as the world's · 103 stories about harm ● Cyprus about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 67 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 11,391 stories · about as usual Health21% 8,301 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents21% 8,031 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence14% 5,277 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,442 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,490 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,115 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 975 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 killed10,710 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,874 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,827 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people injured3,011 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees771 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting evacuations433 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting abductions387 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced339 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill78 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Russia

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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