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39,910 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at rights and justice in Hadramawt, storms in Nepal and protests in Safotu (Samoa). Yemen's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostLatvia 61 in 100 of its 119 stories, usually 16
RegionCentral Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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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Rights & justice

Yemen

279 of its 319 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Hadramawt accounted for 94 of Yemen's 279 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (113 stories). Diphtheria was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Hadramawt stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

108 of its 223 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kathmandu accounted for 76 of Nepal's 108 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Storms were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Protests & strikes

Samoa

25 of its 50 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 8 of Safotu's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Rubella was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with measles.

Samoa over 30 days → its stories → Safotu stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

413 of its 919 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tehran accounted for 279 of Iran's 413 stories about harm, carried by 302 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Japan

643 of its 2,116 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (81 stories). Poisoning was named in 94 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Latvia

72 of its 119 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Riga accounted for 69 of Latvia's 72 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (49 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

20 of its 26 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Finland

76 of its 237 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 11 of Helsinki's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Iceland

26 of its 89 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Food & livelihood

North Korea

174 of its 787 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Hunger was named in 115 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in North Korea (115 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Mexico (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Bahamas (16 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in Japan (94 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Jordan (16 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 12 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 39,910 stories about harm among 211,135 counted on 12 Jul.

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Mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual in North Korea's news. A year earlier, on 12 July 2017, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 211,135 stories, below the usual 21. Yemen's news was 87% about people being harmed, against a usual 75%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen87 in 100 of its 319 stories · usually 75 · mostly rights & justice Nicaragua84 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 82 · mostly rights & justice Syria78 in 100 of its 807 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 586 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Latvia61 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 16 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK255 stories about protests or strikes, of its 599 Washington US231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1209 Raleigh US130 stories about protests or strikes, of its 493 Birzeit Palestine123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 284 North Dakota US106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 157

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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 readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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 readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast 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: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook 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: 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'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than 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'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSamoa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage a little warmer 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

● Iran about three times as fearful as the world's · 413 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 279 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 390 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 626 stories about harm ● Haiti about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Bosnia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 20 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 13,735 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Health20% 8,008 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 5,796 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence14% 5,491 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,180 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,550 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,186 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,180 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 killed9,962 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,752 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,077 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,226 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees731 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting people displaced563 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions540 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations451 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people falling ill78 at about half 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 →

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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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