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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Dushanbe, heavy rain in Sudan and volcanic eruption in Indonesia. Tajikistan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostTajikistan 99 in 100 of its 350 stories, usually 50
RegionCentral Asia 69 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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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Conflict & violence

Tajikistan

345 of its 350 stories (99%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Dushanbe accounted for 298 of Tajikistan's 345 stories about harm, carried by 252 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (202 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Tajikistan over 30 days → its stories → Dushanbe stories →
Rights & justice

Sudan

77 of its 95 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Heavy rain was named in 13 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. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

651 of its 912 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (204 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 466 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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

Vietnam

198 of its 456 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Eritrea

97 of its 117 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Asmara accounted for 79 of Eritrea's 97 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Extreme cold was named in 28 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.

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Rights & justice

Italy

320 of its 1,190 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories). Poisoning was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Malaysia

524 of its 1,479 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (392 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

66 of its 83 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (61 stories). Ebola was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks.

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Protests & strikes

Morocco

46 of its 136 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 25 of Rabat's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Mali

256 of its 292 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Bamako accounted for 151 of Mali's 256 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Myanmar (31 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); cholera in Yemen (40 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in Eritrea (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Niger (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Latvia (11 of its stories, about 5 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 30 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 34,794 stories about harm among 181,127 counted on 30 Jul.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Tajikistan. of the day's 181,127 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Indonesia's news mentioned volcanic eruption about 5 times as often as usual. Tajikistan's news was 99% about people being harmed, against a usual 50%. On 30 July 2017, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tajikistan99 in 100 of its 350 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua88 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 86 · mostly rights & justice Mali88 in 100 of its 292 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Laos87 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 79 · mostly disasters & accidents Eritrea83 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US576 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1704 Jerusalem Israel211 stories about protests or strikes, of its 356 Harare Zimbabwe169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 299 Tehran Iran111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 388 Atlanta US102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 199

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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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'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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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 readSierra 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. Lucia: too little coverage to readQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: 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'sDjibouti: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 about one and a half times as warm as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTogo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sParaguay: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMontenegro: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuinea: 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'sGeorgia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: 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'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 angrier 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

● Tajikistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 345 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 332 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 115 stories about harm ● Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● Vietnam about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 198 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 101 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 9,018 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Disasters & accidents26% 8,749 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Health19% 6,488 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 4,523 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,996 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,199 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,086 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 999 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 killed12,195 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,943 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,828 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people injured3,153 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,049 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting abductions399 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees362 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people displaced346 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill30 at less than a quarter of 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 →

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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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