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20,597 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Mbabane (Eswatini), tropical storm in Guadeloupe and people injured in the Netherlands. Iraq's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 45 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNetherlands 33 in 100 of its 276 stories, usually 17
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
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 28 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Mbabane accounted for 22 of Eswatini's 25 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. 21 of Mbabane's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Eswatini over 30 days → its stories → Mbabane stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guadeloupe

40 of its 42 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. the Windward Islands accounted for 30 of Guadeloupe's 40 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Tropical storm was named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane, flooding and cyclone.

Guadeloupe over 30 days → its stories → Windward Islands stories →
Health

Netherlands

91 of its 276 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Ghana

170 of its 457 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 68 of Ejura's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Türkiye

107 of its 223 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 32 of Istanbul's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Canada

636 of its 1,876 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Wildfires were named in 133 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with heatwave.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

58 of its 91 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. 20 of Ramallah's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Uganda

53 of its 85 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Barbados

22 of its 51 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Tropical storm was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane.

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Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Barbados (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Canada (133 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (58 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in China (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in UK (66 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 1 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 20,597 stories about harm among 93,099 counted on 1 Jul.

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The news turned to Eswatini for the third day running. 22 in every 100 of the day's 93,099 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Guadeloupe's news, mentions of tropical storm ran more than ten times their usual. Eswatini stood out: 89% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 42%. A year earlier, on 1 July 2020, 30 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Over June, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 33 in June 2020.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen71 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine64 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Uganda62 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 42 · mostly health Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 182 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq54 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US178 stories about protests or strikes, of its 787 Beijing China86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 202 Ejura Ghana68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 72 Philadelphia US46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166 Ibadan Nigeria40 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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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'sSlovenia: 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 readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: 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: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: 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: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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'sEgypt: 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: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: 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: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEswatini: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as angry as 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 grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: 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'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: 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 warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Iraq about three times as angry as the world's · 86 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Ghana about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 170 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 78 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as angry as the world's · 415 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 70 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health45% 9,239 stories · less than usual (usually 48%) Rights & justice22% 4,385 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,982 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Conflict & violence8% 1,589 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 802 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 622 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 526 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 248 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 killed5,116 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,620 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,599 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured859 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations181 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting people displaced120 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees110 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting abductions108 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill18 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 softer than 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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