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The news turned to protests in Oromo (Ethiopia), landslides in Myanmar and people killed in Botswana. Botswana's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 59 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostEthiopia 83 in 100 of its 173 stories, usually 48
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

143 of its 173 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Oromo accounted for 87 of Ethiopia's 143 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. 65 of Oromo's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Oromo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Myanmar

75 of its 99 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Yangon accounted for 55 of Myanmar's 75 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Landslides were named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Health

Botswana

87 of its 127 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (81 stories). Poisoning was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with drought. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Botswana over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

109 of its 142 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Jammu accounted for 46 of Kashmir's 109 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Hong Kong

187 of its 347 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 65 of Causeway Bay's 82 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Denmark

31 of its 79 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

North Korea

18 of its 45 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Egypt

94 of its 198 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Cairo accounted for 57 of Egypt's 94 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets.

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Rights & justice

Poland

43 of its 109 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Health

Mexico

Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Kenya (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Canada (50 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Brazil (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in China (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Australia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

30 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 32,871 stories about harm among 108,598 counted on 2 Jul.

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In Myanmar's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 30 in every 100 of the day's 108,598 stories, below the usual 33. It was the third day running that the news turned to Ethiopia. On 3 July 2019, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 30 today. Ethiopia stood out: 83% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 48%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia83 in 100 of its 173 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir77 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar76 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents Botswana69 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 31 · mostly health Yemen68 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 72 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US226 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1339 Beijing China188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 413 Los Angeles US79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 333 Chicago US71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 255 New York US67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 435

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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 readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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'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'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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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'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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: 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'sCosta Rica: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: 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'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: 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'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier 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'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominica: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than 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'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice 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'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMarshall Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCook Islands: 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

● Botswana about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 87 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 143 stories about harm ● Mexico about three times as angry as the world's · 212 stories about harm ● North Korea few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 18 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 187 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as fearful as the world's · 87 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health59% 19,399 stories · more than usual (usually 55%) Rights & justice21% 6,814 stories · much less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents6% 2,098 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,834 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,243 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 644 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 314 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 263 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 killed8,590 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,622 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,979 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,543 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees179 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions122 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations111 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced98 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria 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 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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