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The news turned to protests in Bucharest (Romania), rights and justice in Ayia Napa and people displaced in Nigeria. Nigeria's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostRomania 84 in 100 of its 145 stories, usually 11
RegionEast Asia 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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

Romania

122 of its 145 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Bucharest accounted for 96 of Romania's 122 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. 86 of Bucharest's 96 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Rights & justice

Cyprus

133 of its 152 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Ayia Napa accounted for 120 of Cyprus' 133 stories about harm, carried by 221 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (108 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Cyprus over 30 days → its stories → Ayia Napa stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

487 of its 1,296 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (89 stories). Ebola was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Myanmar

33 of its 37 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

517 of its 630 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Yuen Long accounted for 471 of Hong Kong's 517 stories about harm, carried by 495 outlets. 469 of Yuen Long's 471 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (449 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Russia

727 of its 1,374 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Moscow accounted for 648 of Russia's 727 stories about harm, carried by 802 outlets. 613 of Moscow's 648 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (600 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Burundi

37 of its 45 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 stories). Hunger was named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

41 of its 94 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 14 of Manama's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

488 of its 961 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 247 of Jerusalem's 295 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (147 stories). Wildfires were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

411 of its 560 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Kabul accounted for 357 of Afghanistan's 411 stories about harm, carried by 390 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Burundi (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Bangladesh (43 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (35 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in Norway (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Tanzania (10 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 28 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 19,342 stories about harm among 82,347 counted on 28 Jul.

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Romania's news was 84% about people being harmed, against a usual 11%. In Burundi's news, mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 82,347 stories, above the usual 21. On 28 July 2018, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya89 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Cyprus88 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 27 · mostly rights & justice Romania84 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 11 · mostly rights & justice Hong Kong82 in 100 of its 630 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice Sudan78 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia613 stories about protests or strikes, of its 648 Yuen Long Hong Kong469 stories about protests or strikes, of its 471 Jerusalem Israel247 stories about protests or strikes, of its 295 Washington US150 stories about protests or strikes, of its 713 El Paso US101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 103

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'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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'sUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'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: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: 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'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahrain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: 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

● Syria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 173 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 65 stories about harm ● Bahrain few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 41 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 487 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about twice as angry as the world's · 517 stories about harm ● Guatemala about twice as fearful as the world's · 62 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice38% 7,214 stories · more than usual (usually 33%) Disasters & accidents18% 3,373 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Health17% 3,159 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence14% 2,673 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,343 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 488 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 466 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 327 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 killed5,070 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,262 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Russia and the US Stories reporting people injured2,443 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Hong Kong Stories reporting people affected2,034 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees332 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting people displaced216 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting abductions160 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations153 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about a third of 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 →

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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