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11,751 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Solhan, flooding in Sri Lanka and protests in Tiananmen Square (China) drew the news. Burkina Faso's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 46 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBurkina Faso 99 in 100 of its 73 stories, usually 50
RegionEast Asia 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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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Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

72 of its 73 stories (99%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Solhan accounted for 57 of Burkina Faso's 72 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Solhan stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

79 of its 135 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Colombo accounted for 47 of Sri Lanka's 79 stories about harm, carried by 236 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (40 stories). Flooding was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with heavy rain and landslides.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Health

Australia

212 of its 764 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Australia over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Yemen

36 of its 42 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Marib accounted for 26 of Yemen's 36 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

129 of its 181 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Kabul accounted for 59 of Afghanistan's 129 stories about harm, carried by 190 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

16 of its 17 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Hungary

20 of its 39 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 8 of Budapest's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Mali

16 of its 26 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 5 of Bamako's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Health

Kashmir

43 of its 74 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Ethiopia (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tsunami in Pakistan (17 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in UK (41 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Canada (20 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); earthquake in US (41 of its stories, about three times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 11,751 stories about harm among 47,987 counted on 5 Jun.

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24 in every 100 of the day's 47,987 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 5 June 2020, a year earlier, the share was 34 in every 100, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso99 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 181 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Taiwan60 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 44 · mostly health Sri Lanka59 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir58 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 50 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tiananmen Square China101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 183 Washington US95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 401 Minneapolis US38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 54 Jerusalem Israel28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 51 Chicago US24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 75

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'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: 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'sNicaragua: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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'sAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice 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 a little more fearful than the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Burkina Faso about three times as angry as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Bosnia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 16 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 129 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as angry as the world's · 352 stories about harm ● Australia about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 212 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health46% 5,392 stories · less than usual (usually 51%) Rights & justice22% 2,504 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents11% 1,234 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,205 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 564 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 311 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 244 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 169 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 killed3,334 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected972 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests966 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured623 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced140 at about twice the usual rate · most about Burkina Faso and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees83 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions59 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and India Stories reporting evacuations56 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill19 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about China and the US

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
● 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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