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17,034 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Flooding in Japan, violence in Mogadishu and protests in Oromo (Ethiopia) drew the news. Ethiopia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 56 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostJapan 44 in 100 of its 515 stories, usually 29
RegionEast Asia 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
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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Disasters & accidents

Japan

229 of its 515 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Flooding was named in 96 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, landslides and power cuts. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Japan over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

47 of its 65 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Mogadishu accounted for 34 of Somalia's 47 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

38 of its 58 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. 9 of Oromo's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Oromo stories →
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Protests & strikes

Denmark

21 of its 42 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Copenhagen accounted for 19 of Denmark's 21 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. 15 of Copenhagen's 19 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Health

Switzerland

Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). HIV was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

37 of its 54 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bermuda

19 of its 36 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Hurricane was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm.

its stories →
Health

Rwanda

20 of its 25 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Kigali accounted for 17 of Rwanda's 20 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets.

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Protests & strikes

Malawi

16 of its 34 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 4 of Lilongwe's 8 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Bermuda (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Switzerland (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in China (45 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in US (146 of its stories, about three times its usual); plague in UK (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).

32 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 17,034 stories about harm among 53,158 counted on 4 Jul.

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Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Japan's news. of the day's 53,158 news stories, 32 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 5 July 2019, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 32 today. Japan's news was 44% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia72 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Syria69 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine69 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir66 in 100 of its 158 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US230 stories about protests or strikes, of its 645 Mount Rushmore US220 stories about protests or strikes, of its 280 Beijing China79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177 Chicago US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 127 Boston US28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149

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'sVenezuela: 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: 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: 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: 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'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: 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'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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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'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: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful 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'sSwitzerland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier 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 grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDominica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 twice as fearful as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Hong Kong few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 89 stories about harm ● Bolivia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 9 stories about harm ● Ethiopia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 38 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health56% 9,513 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 3,472 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents8% 1,410 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,167 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 754 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 282 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 184 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 115 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 killed5,515 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,351 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,102 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,070 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations97 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Japan and Canada Stories reporting refugees67 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting abductions56 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced40 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia Stories reporting people falling ill28 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.