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18,337 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Tulua (Colombia), gas explosion in Jordan and arrests in Germany drew the news. Syria's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostJordan 53 in 100 of its 202 stories, usually 18
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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

Colombia

86 of its 120 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tulua accounted for 35 of Colombia's 86 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. 26 of Tulua's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Tulua stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jordan

107 of its 202 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Aqaba accounted for 86 of Jordan's 107 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Gas explosion was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories → Aqaba stories →
Rights & justice

Germany

184 of its 621 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (26 stories). Hunger was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

82 of its 110 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Idlib accounted for 35 of Syria's 82 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Idlib stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Venezuela

35 of its 67 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Hurricane was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone, tropical storm and storms.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

446 of its 880 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (205 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Cameroon

18 of its 28 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Malawi

21 of its 57 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Trinidad & Tobago

48 of its 101 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Cyclone was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm and flooding.

its stories →
Health

Cambodia

33 of its 60 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Trinidad & Tobago (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Venezuela (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Nepal (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (29 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); outbreaks in Afghanistan (11 of its stories, about 6 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 28 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 18,337 stories about harm among 82,075 counted on 28 Jun.

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In Trinidad & Tobago's news, mentions of the cyclone ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 82,075 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Colombia. In Colombia, 72% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual. A year earlier, on 28 June 2021, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria75 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia72 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan68 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 66 · mostly disasters & accidents Ethiopia60 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia55 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 35 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US161 stories about protests or strikes, of its 528 Delhi India43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 207 Sydney Australia37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 90 London UK34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 266 Los Angeles US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 151

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'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: 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'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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'sLatvia: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: 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: 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 readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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 angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little angrier than 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'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAruba: 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

● Syria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 82 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 446 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 86 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 112 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Cambodia few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 33 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health40% 7,161 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 3,845 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,472 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,871 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Food & livelihood6% 1,067 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 870 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 503 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 332 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 killed4,828 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,858 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,542 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,384 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees201 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions92 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations83 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill17 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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