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39,124 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to the earthquake in Iran, a disaster in Athens and protests in Managua (Nicaragua). Nicaragua's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostGreece 78 in 100 of its 1,459 stories, usually 32
RegionCentral Asia 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Iran

655 of its 1,229 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 563 of Iran's 655 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (210 stories). Earthquake was named in 83 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flu and hurricane. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Greece

1,141 of its 1,459 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Athens accounted for 1,025 of Greece's 1,141 stories about harm, carried by 816 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (723 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

Managua accounted for 81 of Nicaragua's 103 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. 74 of Managua's 81 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories → Managua stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

1,607 of its 2,780 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (13 stories). Plane crash was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Romania

76 of its 399 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (66 stories). Drownings were named in 63 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Laos

740 of its 780 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Tropical storm was named in 58 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Kyrgyzstan

55 of its 76 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Drownings were named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

North Korea

152 of its 440 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (84 stories). Poisoning was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

South Korea

233 of its 678 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Heatstroke was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Romania (63 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drownings in Kyrgyzstan (37 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); rabies in China (139 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in Latvia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Namibia (14 of its stories, about 6 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 25 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 39,124 stories about harm among 208,396 counted on 25 Jul.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 208,396 stories, below the usual 20. Mentions of drownings ran about 8 times their usual in Romania's news. In Iran, 53% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual. A year earlier, on 25 July 2017, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Laos95 in 100 of its 780 stories · usually 59 · mostly disasters & accidents Nicaragua87 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 85 · mostly rights & justice Syria80 in 100 of its 1,085 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Greece78 in 100 of its 1,459 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo78 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 55 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran237 stories about protests or strikes, of its 563 Islamabad Pakistan230 stories about protests or strikes, of its 447 Washington US215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1063 Mumbai India152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 267 Los Angeles US139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 667

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'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. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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'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'sMalaysia: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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'sGreenland: 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'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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 readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCape Verde: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times 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

● Kashmir about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 110 stories about harm ● Syria about 4 times as angry as the world's · 871 stories about harm ● Romania about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 76 stories about harm ● Bosnia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 314 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 10,031 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Health23% 8,901 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents21% 8,041 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 6,627 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,791 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,402 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 955 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 681 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 killed12,752 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,787 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,072 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,080 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations937 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees562 at about half the usual rate · most about Palestine and the US Stories reporting abductions432 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced429 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill84 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 harsher than 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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