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20,158 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Mbabane (Eswatini), people killed in Latvia and violence in Jammu drew the news. Latvia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 48 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEswatini 63 in 100 of its 63 stories, usually 24
RegionOceania 28 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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Protests & strikes

Eswatini

40 of its 63 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Mbabane accounted for 33 of Eswatini's 40 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. 30 of Mbabane's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Eswatini over 30 days → its stories → Mbabane stories →
Health

Latvia

14 of its 23 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Plague was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Ghana

142 of its 448 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 28 of Ejura's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

New Zealand

201 of its 612 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Snowstorms were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 80 of Afghanistan's 132 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Natural hazards were named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Indonesia

106 of its 199 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

North Korea

24 of its 40 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Illness was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 51 of Iraq's 99 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in North Korea (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Canada (102 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Afghanistan (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Brazil (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in New Zealand (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 20,158 stories about harm among 90,923 counted on 29 Jun.

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Mentions of the plague ran more than ten times their usual in Latvia's news. of the day's 90,923 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Eswatini stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 24%. On 29 June 2020, a year earlier, the share was 31 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Eswatini63 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 24 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan60 in 100 of its 220 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine59 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Uganda57 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 41 · mostly health Ethiopia55 in 100 of its 247 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US145 stories about protests or strikes, of its 630 London UK42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 285 Delhi India41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 210 White Plains US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 62 Los Angeles US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 187

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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: feelings about like the world'sU.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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: 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'sJordan: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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 readFinland: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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 readMaldives: 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: 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 readZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLatvia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFaroe Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: 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'sBahrain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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

● Iraq about three times as angry as the world's · 99 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about three times as angry as the world's · 135 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● Latvia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 14 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 240 stories about harm ● Ghana about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 142 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health48% 9,545 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 3,788 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,854 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Conflict & violence8% 1,658 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 754 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 583 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 405 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 319 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 killed4,893 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,824 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,441 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured924 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees135 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations124 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions78 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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
● 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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