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21,302 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Mbabane (Eswatini), illness in Pyongyang and violence in Baghdad. Iraq's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 47 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNorth Korea 75 in 100 of its 110 stories, usually 40
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Eswatini

25 of its 34 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Mbabane accounted for 21 of Eswatini's 25 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. 21 of Mbabane's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 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

North Korea

83 of its 110 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Pyongyang accounted for 52 of North Korea's 83 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Ghana

162 of its 455 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 64 of Ejura's 74 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

65 of its 92 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Ramallah accounted for 41 of Palestine's 65 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. 26 of Ramallah's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Latvia

13 of its 24 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 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. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

South Korea

110 of its 369 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Outbreaks were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Health

Canada

Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories). Wildfires were named in 65 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms, drought and heatstroke. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Zimbabwe

90 of its 197 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in South Korea (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plague in Latvia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in China (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Canada (65 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatstroke in US (87 of its stories, about 4 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 30 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 21,302 stories about harm among 95,542 counted on 30 Jun.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Eswatini. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 95,542 stories, as usual. Mentions of outbreaks ran about 5 times their usual in North Korea's news. In Eswatini, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 37% is usual. On 30 June 2020, a year earlier, the share was 30 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

North Korea75 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 40 · mostly health Palestine71 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Iraq58 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan56 in 100 of its 252 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia56 in 100 of its 207 stories · usually 41 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US178 stories about protests or strikes, of its 790 Beijing China68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173 Ejura Ghana64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74 Boston US46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 Delhi India36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 271

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 readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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: 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'sIndia: 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 readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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'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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEswatini: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLatvia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times 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 angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: 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'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times 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 three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times 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 three times as fearful as the world's · 87 stories about harm ● Ghana about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 162 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 55 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about twice as angry as the world's · 91 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 141 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health47% 9,970 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 4,236 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 3,016 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Conflict & violence7% 1,569 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 782 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 674 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 531 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 302 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 killed5,379 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,781 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,509 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured844 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees146 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations144 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced112 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ethiopia and the US Stories reporting abductions110 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China

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 softer 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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