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36,217 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Najaf (Iraq), violence in Golan Heights and train derailment in Colombia. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry 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 · less than usual Country that rose mostGreenland 93 in 100 of its 131 stories, usually 46
RegionCentral Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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

Iraq

214 of its 328 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. 85 of Najaf's 86 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (95 stories). Road crashes were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Najaf stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

446 of its 534 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Golan Heights accounted for 226 of Syria's 446 stories about harm, carried by 242 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (43 stories). Outbreaks were named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Golan Heights stories →
Rights & justice

Colombia

109 of its 207 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (51 stories). Train derailment was named in 18 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.

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

Cuba

87 of its 203 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Havana accounted for 77 of Cuba's 87 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (63 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Nicaragua

294 of its 320 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 83%. Managua accounted for 248 of Nicaragua's 294 stories about harm, carried by 236 outlets. 226 of Managua's 248 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Libya

196 of its 326 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. 61 of Khoms' 95 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (75 stories). Hypothermia was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

91 of its 130 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Yangon accounted for 53 of Myanmar's 91 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. 32 of Yangon's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

576 of its 711 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Kabul accounted for 369 of Afghanistan's 576 stories about harm, carried by 442 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (124 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

286 of its 531 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories). Cholera was named in 81 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Kyrgyzstan

35 of its 73 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 16 of Bishkek's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Portugal (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cholera in Bangladesh (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Kenya (70 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); helicopter crash in South Korea (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Palestine (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 36,217 stories about harm among 206,765 counted on 17 Jul.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 206,765 stories, below the usual 21. Mentions of wildfires ran about 7 times their usual in Portugal's news. A year earlier, on 17 July 2017, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Iraq stood out: 65% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 55%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Greenland93 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 46 · mostly displacement Nicaragua92 in 100 of its 320 stories · usually 83 · mostly rights & justice Syria84 in 100 of its 534 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan81 in 100 of its 711 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Mali73 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia313 stories about protests or strikes, of its 623 Washington US262 stories about protests or strikes, of its 893 Hockessin US232 stories about protests or strikes, of its 250 Managua Nicaragua226 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248 Chicago US220 stories about protests or strikes, of its 461

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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 readPuerto 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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNiger: 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'sMoldova: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTajikistan: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than 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 more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrench Polynesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBenin: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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

● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 106 stories about harm ● Cyprus few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 82 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 446 stories about harm ● Indonesia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 145 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 223 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 10,384 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Health21% 7,411 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents20% 7,227 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence15% 5,354 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,147 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,369 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 908 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 722 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 killed10,523 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,332 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured4,123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,015 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees624 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions469 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations447 at about half the usual rate · most about Greenland and the US Stories reporting people displaced370 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill51 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba

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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