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33,368 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Tehran, protests in Oromo (Ethiopia) and flooding in Bangladesh drew the news. Ethiopia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 60 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostIran 59 in 100 of its 441 stories, usually 44
RegionCentral Asia 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 39
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Iran

260 of its 441 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tehran accounted for 180 of Iran's 260 stories about harm, carried by 285 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

72 of its 123 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 29 of Oromo's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Oromo stories →
Health

Bangladesh

Dhaka accounted for 90 of Bangladesh's 157 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (60 stories). Flooding was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Sudan

51 of its 76 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Khartoum accounted for 31 of Sudan's 51 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. 18 of Khartoum's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

114 of its 147 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Kabul accounted for 52 of Afghanistan's 114 stories about harm, carried by 190 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Trinidad & Tobago

29 of its 73 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 7 of Laventille's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories).

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Displacement

Syria

119 of its 169 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (47 stories). Hunger was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

118 of its 284 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 17 of Hong Kong's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Health

China

Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Flu was named in 276 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with train derailment. 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: flu in China (276 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hunger in Syria (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Malaysia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Russia (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Nigeria (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

30 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 33; 31 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 33,368 stories about harm among 110,280 counted on 30 Jun.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 11 March 2020. It was the second day running that the news turned to Iran. In China's news, mentions of the flu ran about 7 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 30 in every 100 of the day's 110,280 stories, below the usual 33.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen83 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 70 · mostly health Afghanistan78 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Syria70 in 100 of its 169 stories · usually 63 · mostly displacement Sudan67 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir65 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US291 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1579 Beijing China208 stories about protests or strikes, of its 467 Hollywood US83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 359 New York US75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 420 Manhattan US69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 264

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'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: 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: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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'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'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 readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão 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'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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 readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMauritius: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMauritania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer 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'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier 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'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 468 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 118 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 114 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Kashmir about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 104 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 260 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health60% 19,770 stories · much more than usual (usually 54%) Rights & justice19% 6,316 stories · much less than usual (usually 27%) Conflict & violence7% 2,342 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents7% 2,170 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,327 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 608 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 319 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 278 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 killed8,522 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,937 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured1,337 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees205 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced164 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions119 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations106 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill71 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 much 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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