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37,083 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Kabul, people killed in Mexico and protests in Tbilisi (Georgia). Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Palestine →
Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostGambia 72 in 100 of its 128 stories, usually 24
RegionCentral Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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

Afghanistan

384 of its 501 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Kabul accounted for 276 of Afghanistan's 384 stories about harm, carried by 370 outlets. Polio was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Displacement

Mexico

580 of its 1,326 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (392 stories). Tropical storm was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with storms. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

89 of its 126 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Tbilisi accounted for 89 of Georgia's 89 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. 87 of Tbilisi's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Ethiopia

189 of its 251 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Amhara accounted for 106 of Ethiopia's 189 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

North Korea

236 of its 574 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (49 stories). Outbreaks were named in 120 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Austria

102 of its 285 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories). Gas explosion was named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with building collapse.

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Disasters & accidents

Panama

50 of its 159 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories). Earthquake was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.

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Conflict & violence

Germany

430 of its 1,448 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Wildfires were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Displacement

Denmark

119 of its 426 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (75 stories). 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: gas explosion in Austria (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Papua New Guinea (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Panama (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in North Korea (120 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); drought in Colombia (23 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 26 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 37,083 stories about harm among 184,239 counted on 26 Jun.

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In Austria's news, mentions of gas explosion ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 184,239 stories, as usual. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Palestine. In Afghanistan, 77% of the news was about people being harmed, where 52% is usual. A year earlier, on 26 June 2018, 21 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 →

Afghanistan77 in 100 of its 501 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia75 in 100 of its 251 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Gambia72 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 24 · mostly rights & justice Georgia71 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan65 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 79 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US452 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1688 Boston US170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 533 Queens US149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 570 Moscow Russia121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177 El Paso US109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166

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: 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'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'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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: 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 readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: 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'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'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sCambodia: 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: 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'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'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKiribati: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice 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 angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful 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'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice 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 warm as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as 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 a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 134 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 384 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as angry as the world's · 165 stories about harm ● Italy about twice as fearful as the world's · 235 stories about harm ● Georgia about twice as angry as the world's · 89 stories about harm ● South Sudan few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 30 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 12,604 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Health22% 8,014 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 5,269 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 5,192 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,987 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,474 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,386 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 600 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 killed10,431 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,092 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,952 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,044 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees1,170 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced280 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions177 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations163 at about half the usual rate · most about Italy and Türkiye Stories reporting people falling ill32 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Malaysia

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 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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