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The day's news pointed at protests in Bamako (Mali), illness in Buenos Aires and landslides in Nepal. Armenia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 61 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostAzerbaijan 47 in 100 of its 159 stories, usually 27
RegionCentral Asia 52 in 100 of its stories, usually 43
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Mali

70 of its 88 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Bamako accounted for 47 of Mali's 70 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. 38 of Bamako's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Bamako stories →
Health

Argentina

33 of its 79 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Buenos Aires accounted for 32 of Argentina's 33 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Outbreaks were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Buenos Aires stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

38 of its 68 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Landslides were named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Armenia

52 of its 133 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Bahamas

79 of its 172 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Illness was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

44 of its 96 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 15 of Manama's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Azerbaijan

75 of its 159 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Poland

119 of its 288 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Warsaw accounted for 101 of Poland's 119 stories about harm, carried by 199 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Health

Israel

221 of its 466 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jerusalem accounted for 120 of Israel's 221 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets.

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Health

Malawi

23 of its 56 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Bahamas (56 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Ethiopia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); accidents in Mexico (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cyclone in Philippines (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in China (25 of its stories, about 4 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 13 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 28,792 stories about harm among 93,889 counted on 13 Jul.

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It was the third day running that the news turned to Mali. of the day's 93,889 news stories, 31 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 14 July 2019, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 31 today. Mali's news was 80% about people being harmed, against a usual 60%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali80 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir73 in 100 of its 226 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan70 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen69 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Puerto Rico60 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 54 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1106 Beijing China69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 302 Jerusalem Israel55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 120 London UK39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 457 Bamako Mali38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 47

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: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: 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'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'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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 readMozambique: 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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 readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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: too little coverage to readAmerican 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 readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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'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: too little coverage to readMayotte: 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'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: 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 warm as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: 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'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: 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 fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little angrier 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 164 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 106 stories about harm ● Bahamas about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 79 stories about harm ● Ethiopia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Mongolia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 10 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 99 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health61% 17,514 stories · more than usual (usually 57%) Rights & justice17% 4,749 stories · much less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents9% 2,506 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,599 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,131 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 524 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 263 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 258 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 killed8,322 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,856 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,782 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,517 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees132 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting evacuations128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced119 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions83 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill39 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as 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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