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18,333 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to train derailment in Pakistan, protests in Jerusalem (Israel) and people injured in Libya. Pakistan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 49 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPakistan 55 in 100 of its 919 stories, usually 36
RegionEast Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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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Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

506 of its 919 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (232 stories). Train derailment was named in 208 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with polio. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 190 of Israel's 288 stories about harm, carried by 271 outlets. 121 of Jerusalem's 190 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

34 of its 58 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Bangladesh

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Heavy rain was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

106 of its 211 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Colombo accounted for 73 of Sri Lanka's 106 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Flooding was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides.

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Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

40 of its 45 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Solhan accounted for 30 of Burkina Faso's 40 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Jordan

33 of its 104 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 7 of Amman's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

91 of its 225 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Taiwan

108 of its 182 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Taipei accounted for 60 of Taiwan's 108 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets.

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Health

Norway

28 of its 106 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Sri Lanka (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in India (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in US (37 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 18,333 stories about harm among 79,419 counted on 7 Jun.

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Pakistan's news mentioned train derailment more than ten times as often as usual. On 7 June 2020, a year earlier, the share was 38 in every 100, against 23 today. In Pakistan, 55% of the news was about people being harmed, where 36% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 79,419 stories, below the usual 25.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan59 in 100 of its 195 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Taiwan59 in 100 of its 182 stories · usually 47 · mostly health Libya59 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq58 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan55 in 100 of its 919 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 190 Washington US105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 544 Beijing China58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166 London UK35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 360 Chicago US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130

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'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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: 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'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'sSaudi 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: too little coverage to readRomania: 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: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: 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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: 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'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMaldives: 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

● Burkina Faso few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 116 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 28 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 506 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 34 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health49% 8,945 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 3,495 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 2,075 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,698 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 884 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 417 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 389 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 250 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 killed5,061 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,424 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,414 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,173 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced164 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Burkina Faso Stories reporting abductions154 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations94 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill19 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 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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