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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Moscow (Russia), violence in Kabul and rights and justice in Paralimni. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Afghanistan → Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Brazil →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBrazil 51 in 100 of its 667 stories, usually 15
RegionNorth America 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Russia

736 of its 2,095 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 534 of Moscow's 599 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (504 stories). Outbreaks were named in 87 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

611 of its 711 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Kabul accounted for 498 of Afghanistan's 611 stories about harm, carried by 463 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (218 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

France

320 of its 1,411 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Landslides were named in 60 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Brazil

338 of its 667 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 103 of Amazonas' 147 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (139 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

38 of its 98 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 20 of Manama's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 124 of Sudan's 192 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. 116 of Khartoum's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 45 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

677 of its 1,835 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (123 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Romania

42 of its 136 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 24 of Bucharest's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

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Rights & justice

Italy

363 of its 1,043 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (199 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Chile (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (48 of its stories, about three times its usual); dengue in Bangladesh (45 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Sudan (45 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Myanmar (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 32,763 stories about harm among 150,235 counted on 29 Jul.

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In Chile's news, mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 150,235 stories, as usual. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Afghanistan. In Russia, 35% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. On 29 July 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo88 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 82 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan86 in 100 of its 711 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Syria81 in 100 of its 243 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan78 in 100 of its 246 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Libya72 in 100 of its 166 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia534 stories about protests or strikes, of its 599 Washington US301 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1377 Beijing China251 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321 Baltimore US203 stories about protests or strikes, of its 518 New York US179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 439

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'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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'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 readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri 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: 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. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: 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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJordan: 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'sIndonesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readEthiopia: 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'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'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 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: 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: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: 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: 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'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUS: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 fearful as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahrain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than 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 a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: 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

● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as fearful as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 611 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 198 stories about harm ● Bahrain few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 38 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 9,937 stories · less than usual (usually 33%) Conflict & violence21% 6,909 stories · much more than usual (usually 13%) Health20% 6,397 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 4,486 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,080 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,226 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 662 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 521 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 killed10,688 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured5,343 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting arrests4,646 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,311 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions552 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Brazil Stories reporting refugees514 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced313 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations192 at about half the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people falling ill28 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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 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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