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19,669 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Tbilisi (Georgia), building collapse in Cambodia and rights and justice in Amhara. Georgia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ethiopia and Syria →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCambodia 92 in 100 of its 239 stories, usually 43
RegionSoutheast Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Georgia

112 of its 131 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tbilisi accounted for 110 of Georgia's 112 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. 109 of Tbilisi's 110 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Georgia over 30 days → its stories → Tbilisi stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cambodia

221 of its 239 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Preah accounted for 122 of Cambodia's 221 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (157 stories). Building collapse was named in 130 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Preah stories →
Rights & justice

Ethiopia

499 of its 703 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Amhara accounted for 366 of Ethiopia's 499 stories about harm, carried by 362 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (277 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Amhara stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

119 of its 153 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Earthquake was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Ukraine

140 of its 189 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Kiev accounted for 124 of Ukraine's 140 stories about harm, carried by 168 outlets. 120 of Kiev's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (104 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Indonesia

120 of its 209 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 36 of Jakarta's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. HIV was named in 37 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. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Germany

206 of its 750 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 106 of Garzweiler's 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Spain

90 of its 387 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Road crashes were named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

1,340 of its 2,784 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (1,143 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

333 of its 695 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jerusalem accounted for 277 of Israel's 333 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (54 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Spain (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Indonesia (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in China (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Japan (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Mexico (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 19,669 stories about harm among 84,816 counted on 23 Jun.

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People displaced were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ethiopia and Syria. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 84,816 stories, above the usual 20. Georgia's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 45%. A year earlier, on 23 June 2018, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. This week the news turned most often to Iraq, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cambodia92 in 100 of its 239 stories · usually 43 · mostly disasters & accidents Georgia85 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan78 in 100 of its 198 stories · usually 78 · mostly rights & justice Iraq78 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Syria77 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Charlottesville US282 stories about protests or strikes, of its 306 Tehran Iran222 stories about protests or strikes, of its 922 Amhara Ethiopia141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 366 Kiev Ukraine120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124 Khartoum Sudan113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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 readEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: 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: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMauritania: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times 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'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrunei: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as 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

● Dominican Republic about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 111 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 180 stories about harm ● Georgia about twice as angry as the world's · 112 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Chad few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 15 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 5,692 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 4,011 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence20% 3,837 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health15% 2,972 stories · much less than usual (usually 21%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given9% 1,700 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services3% 496 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 464 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 253 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 killed8,080 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting arrests2,560 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,455 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Cambodia Stories reporting people affected1,717 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees328 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and Israel Stories reporting people displaced264 at about twice the usual rate · most about Ethiopia and Syria Stories reporting abductions140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations133 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the Dominican Republic

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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