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Most of the day's attention went to illness in Dubai, people killed in North Korea and protests in Bamako (Mali). North Korea's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 59 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCongo 82 in 100 of its 95 stories, usually 66
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

North Korea

37 of its 96 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories →
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Health

Congo

78 of its 95 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Malaria was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Pakistan

501 of its 904 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Montenegro

7 of its 12 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 6 of Budva's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

91 of its 135 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Austria

41 of its 131 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Outbreaks were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

61 of its 99 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 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: flooding in Romania (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Austria (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Congo (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Ghana (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Türkiye (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

31 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 33,712 stories about harm among 110,218 counted on 25 Jun.

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Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Romania's news. of the day's 110,218 news stories, 31 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 34. On 26 June 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 31 today. the United Arab Emirates' news was 40% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo82 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 66 · mostly health Kashmir67 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan62 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 57 · mostly health Iraq62 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Syria60 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US357 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1574 Hollywood US94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 358 Philadelphia US79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 New York US79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 453 San Francisco US76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194

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: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'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 readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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'sQatar: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: 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'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'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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 readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBhutan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 · 91 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 501 stories about harm ● Congo about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 78 stories about harm ● North Korea few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 125 stories about harm ● South Korea about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 146 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health59% 19,843 stories · more than usual (usually 55%) Rights & justice21% 7,142 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents7% 2,259 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence5% 1,765 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 1,108 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 659 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 349 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 343 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 killed8,223 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,148 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected2,063 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,390 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees230 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting abductions133 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced124 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations95 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill64 at about the usual rate

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.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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