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31,928 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), evacuations in Pakistan and rights and justice in Beirut. Lebanon's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostLebanon 67 in 100 of its 218 stories, usually 32
RegionCentral Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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

Kyrgyzstan

33 of its 49 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Bishkek accounted for 30 of Kyrgyzstan's 33 stories about harm, carried by 3 outlets. 16 of Bishkek's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

Kyrgyzstan over 30 days → its stories → Bishkek stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

754 of its 1,551 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Road crashes were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Lebanon

147 of its 218 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Beirut accounted for 124 of Lebanon's 147 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Georgia

55 of its 86 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Finland

352 of its 1,368 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 215 of Helsinki's 335 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories). Wildfires were named in 49 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

512 of its 1,256 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tehran accounted for 457 of Iran's 512 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Bulgaria

34 of its 133 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 7 of Yambol's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Outbreaks were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

188 of its 204 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 83%. Managua accounted for 168 of Nicaragua's 188 stories about harm, carried by 254 outlets. 141 of Managua's 168 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Colombia

67 of its 145 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 37 of Bogota's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Morocco

34 of its 101 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 20 of Rabat's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Train derailment was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: accidents in Puerto Rico (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Bulgaria (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Saudi Arabia (36 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); dengue in Fiji (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Morocco (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 31,928 stories about harm among 186,673 counted on 16 Jul.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 9 November 2016. Kyrgyzstan stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 186,673 news stories, 17 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 →

Nicaragua92 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 83 · mostly rights & justice Mali79 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan76 in 100 of its 421 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Greenland74 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 44 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen74 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chicago US343 stories about protests or strikes, of its 571 Moscow Russia342 stories about protests or strikes, of its 600 Helsinki Finland215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 335 Managua Nicaragua141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168 Washington US124 stories about protests or strikes, of its 486

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'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 readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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'sNiger: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'sNorth Macedonia: 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'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: 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'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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'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 readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful 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 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'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: 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'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreenland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful 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

● Indonesia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 339 stories about harm ● Mali about three times as angry as the world's · 108 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 322 stories about harm ● Lebanon about three times as fearful as the world's · 147 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 106 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 512 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 9,046 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Health19% 6,113 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 5,793 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 5,479 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,421 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,067 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 846 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 659 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 killed9,624 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,808 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,785 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected3,477 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees575 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting abductions409 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations385 at about half the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting people displaced196 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill74 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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