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The day's news pointed at rights and justice in Amhara, protests in Caracas (Venezuela) and a disaster in Preah. Ethiopia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIraq 83 in 100 of its 579 stories, usually 56
RegionSoutheast Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

204 of its 264 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Amhara accounted for 101 of Ethiopia's 204 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Amhara stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

136 of its 211 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Caracas accounted for 112 of Venezuela's 136 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. 94 of Caracas' 112 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (95 stories).

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cambodia

146 of its 193 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Preah accounted for 109 of Cambodia's 146 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Cyprus

74 of its 136 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cyprus over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Bosnia

56 of its 65 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tuzla accounted for 55 of Bosnia's 56 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. 39 of Tuzla's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (55 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Georgia

105 of its 150 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tbilisi accounted for 99 of Georgia's 105 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. 98 of Tbilisi's 99 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

482 of its 579 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (175 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Cuba

65 of its 152 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Armenia

81 of its 246 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 47 of Yerevan's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (55 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

42 of its 80 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 12 of Port-au-Prince's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: accidents in Malaysia (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Lithuania (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in Nepal (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in Greece (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Brazil (15 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 25 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 36,039 stories about harm among 176,205 counted on 25 Jun.

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20 in every 100 of the day's 176,205 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 25 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 →

Bosnia86 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 48 · mostly shelter & services Iraq83 in 100 of its 579 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia77 in 100 of its 264 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar76 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Cambodia76 in 100 of its 193 stories · usually 52 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US289 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1404 Tehran Iran203 stories about protests or strikes, of its 839 Gaza Palestine180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254 Beijing China125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228 Miami US105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 394

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'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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'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'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: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: 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 Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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 readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: 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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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 readAntigua & 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'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 readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful 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 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 twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sCyprus: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier 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'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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMarshall Islands: 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

● Cuba about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 65 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about twice as angry as the world's · 204 stories about harm ● Dominican Republic about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 86 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 177 stories about harm ● Georgia about twice as angry as the world's · 105 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 11,965 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Health20% 7,077 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 5,506 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence14% 5,090 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,145 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,494 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,235 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 906 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 killed9,875 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,182 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,919 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,437 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Cambodia Stories reporting refugees860 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced231 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions201 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Cyprus Stories reporting evacuations173 at about half the usual rate · most about Germany and the US Stories reporting people falling ill77 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Malaysia and the US

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 softer 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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