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The day's news pointed at a disaster in Sylhet, violence in Bankass and protests in Quito (Ecuador). Mali's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 41 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBangladesh 61 in 100 of its 235 stories, usually 42
RegionOceania 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

143 of its 235 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Sylhet accounted for 66 of Bangladesh's 143 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Storms were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Sylhet stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

36 of its 44 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Bankass accounted for 27 of Mali's 36 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (6 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.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Bankass stories →
Protests & strikes

Ecuador

22 of its 38 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Quito accounted for 18 of Ecuador's 22 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. 17 of Quito's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

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

Honduras

11 of its 18 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 5 of Agua Zarca's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

115 of its 183 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Kabul accounted for 67 of Afghanistan's 115 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Maldives

14 of its 45 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Mexico

94 of its 254 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Displacement

Côte d’Ivoire

7 of its 14 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

Iraq

32 of its 59 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with outbreaks.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Iraq (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in New Zealand (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in China (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); helicopter crash in UK (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 16,734 stories about harm among 78,416 counted on 21 Jun.

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It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Bangladesh. of the day's 78,416 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. Bangladesh stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 42%. A year earlier, on 21 June 2021, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan63 in 100 of its 183 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh61 in 100 of its 235 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria58 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq54 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 43 · mostly health Kashmir52 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK161 stories about protests or strikes, of its 393 Washington US131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 587 Uvalde US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 265 Delhi India28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 160 Chicago US23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readPuerto 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'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: 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'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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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'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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'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: 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: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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: 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 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'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: 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'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCape Verde: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: 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'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 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 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 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 4 times as fearful as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Ethiopia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 115 stories about harm ● Mexico about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 94 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 392 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health41% 6,805 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 3,080 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 2,008 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,782 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Food & livelihood8% 1,377 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 621 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 447 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 416 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 killed3,486 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,669 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,309 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured748 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting refugees326 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting people displaced198 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting abductions114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations97 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Chile

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 much 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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