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35,836 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Phnom Penh (Cambodia), people injured in the Dominican Republic and arrests in Mali. Mali's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBotswana 54 in 100 of its 431 stories, usually 17
RegionCentral Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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

Cambodia

75 of its 120 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Phnom Penh accounted for 63 of Cambodia's 75 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. 47 of Phnom Penh's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (56 stories). Plane crash was named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Phnom Penh stories →
Health

Dominican Republic

120 of its 296 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (32 stories). Food poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Dominican Republic over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

160 of its 190 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bolivia

20 of its 33 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Road crashes were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

411 of its 634 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 18 of Causeway Bay's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (103 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

79 of its 99 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Managua accounted for 61 of Nicaragua's 79 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 58 of Managua's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

317 of its 390 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Khartoum accounted for 197 of Sudan's 317 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. 192 of Khartoum's 197 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Botswana

232 of its 431 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 64 of Gaborone's 78 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).

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Health

Uganda

226 of its 335 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (155 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

South Sudan

70 of its 84 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Juba accounted for 65 of South Sudan's 70 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. 57 of Juba's 65 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Indonesia (42 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); dengue in Bangladesh (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Norway (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in DR Congo (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in India (251 of its stories, about 4 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 11 Jun. 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 35,836 stories about harm among 186,929 counted on 11 Jun.

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In Cambodia's news, mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 186,929 stories, as usual. Cambodia's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%. A year earlier, on 11 June 2018, 18 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 →

Mali84 in 100 of its 190 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan83 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Sudan81 in 100 of its 390 stories · usually 70 · mostly rights & justice Nicaragua80 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Congo78 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 73 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia199 stories about protests or strikes, of its 296 Khartoum Sudan192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 197 Beijing China182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 275 Washington US178 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1173 Arizona US137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 212

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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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'sSpain: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as 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 fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalta: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: 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'sDominican Republic: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: 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'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sMonaco: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 146 stories about harm ● Mali about three times as angry as the world's · 160 stories about harm ● South Korea about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 129 stories about harm ● Dominican Republic about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 120 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 101 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 317 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 12,030 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Health23% 7,982 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 6,137 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 4,363 stories · much less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,863 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,153 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 914 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 692 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 killed9,330 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,118 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,289 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,748 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees583 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Hong Kong and the US Stories reporting abductions246 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations244 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced187 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Libya Stories reporting people falling ill30 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the United Arab Emirates

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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