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The news turned to protests in Cairo (Egypt), people falling ill in the Dominican Republic and violence in Baghdad. Puerto Rico's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEgypt 63 in 100 of its 1,255 stories, usually 32
RegionCentral Asia 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Protests & strikes

Egypt

786 of its 1,255 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Cairo accounted for 645 of Egypt's 786 stories about harm, carried by 610 outlets. 426 of Cairo's 645 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (191 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Health

Dominican Republic

258 of its 401 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 6 times the usual rate (35 stories). Food poisoning was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Iraq

345 of its 536 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Baghdad accounted for 197 of Iraq's 345 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (151 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

39 of its 74 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Cyclone was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts and storm surge. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Kashmir

285 of its 412 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Anantnag accounted for 226 of Kashmir's 285 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (160 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Mexico

282 of its 844 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 96 of Monterrey's 98 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (30 stories). Plane crash was named in 100 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with helicopter crash.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Kazakhstan

67 of its 123 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 20 of Almaty's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (63 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Palestine

552 of its 1,121 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (94 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

502 of its 1,870 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Landslides were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with power cuts.

its stories →
Health

Uganda

166 of its 255 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (28 stories). Haemorrhagic fever was named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Mexico (100 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); west nile virus in Greece (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Uganda (42 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hurricane in Argentina (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Angola (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 35,974 stories about harm among 176,970 counted on 18 Jun.

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Puerto Rico's news mentioned the cyclone more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 176,970 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Egypt. Egypt stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%. A year earlier, on 18 June 2018, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo88 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan74 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 75 · mostly rights & justice Nicaragua73 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir69 in 100 of its 412 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Mali68 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Cairo Egypt426 stories about protests or strikes, of its 645 Beijing China288 stories about protests or strikes, of its 408 Orlando US189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 251 Washington US122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1110 Tehran Iran115 stories about protests or strikes, of its 444

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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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'sTunisia: 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 readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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: 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'sBangladesh: 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 readGaza: 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: 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 readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about 4 times 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'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage about one and a half 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

● Puerto Rico few stories about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 285 stories about harm ● Rwanda few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Egypt about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 786 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 177 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 10,911 stories · about as usual Health23% 8,003 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 5,936 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 5,583 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,093 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,339 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 786 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 782 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 killed10,364 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,727 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,810 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,642 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees503 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations330 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions259 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Ghana Stories reporting people displaced242 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill59 at about the usual rate

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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