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33,089 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Kabul, protests in Vulturi (Romania) and people killed in Russia drew the news. Romania's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 73 in 100 of its 508 stories, usually 54
RegionSouth Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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

370 of its 508 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Kabul accounted for 294 of Afghanistan's 370 stories about harm, carried by 249 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (253 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Protests & strikes

Romania

23 of its 109 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 12 of Vulturi's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Vulturi stories →
Disasters & accidents

Russia

766 of its 2,050 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (591 stories). Gas explosion was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Russia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Türkiye

147 of its 425 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Niger

38 of its 44 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Niamey accounted for 29 of Niger's 38 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 149 of Sudan's 190 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. 143 of Khartoum's 149 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Germany

416 of its 1,614 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Wildfires were named in 125 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave.

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Health

Australia

Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (161 stories). Food poisoning was named in 63 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

South Sudan

Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Ebola was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 440 of Iran's 539 stories about harm, carried by 332 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Germany (125 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in South Sudan (19 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); cholera in Libya (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Congo (16 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (46 of its stories, about 5 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 2 Jul. 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 33,089 stories about harm among 166,747 counted on 2 Jul.

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In Germany's news, mentions of wildfires ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 166,747 stories, as usual. Afghanistan's news was 73% about people being harmed, against a usual 54%. On 2 July 2018, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan78 in 100 of its 245 stories · usually 82 · mostly rights & justice Congo74 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 67 · mostly health Syria74 in 100 of its 229 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan73 in 100 of its 508 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar64 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 39 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US411 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1234 Beijing China371 stories about protests or strikes, of its 564 Tehran Iran175 stories about protests or strikes, of its 440 Wan Chai Hong Kong153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155 Khartoum Sudan143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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'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 readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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'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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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'sNorth Korea: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: 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'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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'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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 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 readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: too little coverage to readCook 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry 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 twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLaos: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGabon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times 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 angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlbania: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Iraq about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 390 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about three times as angry as the world's · 167 stories about harm ● Romania few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 23 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 169 stories about harm ● Rwanda few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 62 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 10,273 stories · about as usual Health21% 6,775 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 6,593 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence13% 4,295 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,722 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,375 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 911 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 627 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 killed9,113 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,017 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,337 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,624 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations491 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting refugees336 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting people displaced225 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions154 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill91 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Congo

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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