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19,611 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Dakar (Senegal), rights and justice in Bathurst and flooding in Haiti. the Gambia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Afghanistan and the US →
Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHong Kong 51 in 100 of its 142 stories, usually 17
RegionSouth Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Senegal

53 of its 72 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Dakar accounted for 38 of Senegal's 53 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. 28 of Dakar's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Rights & justice

Gambia

54 of its 92 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Bathurst accounted for 49 of the Gambia's 54 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories → Bathurst stories →
Disasters & accidents

Haiti

44 of its 59 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane, landslides and heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Afghanistan

131 of its 237 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Poisoning was named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Hong Kong

72 of its 142 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Yuen Long accounted for 29 of Hong Kong's 72 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

India

1,764 of its 6,680 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (421 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 55 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

14 of Tehran's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ecuador

13 of its 27 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Slovenia

7 of its 15 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Tanzania

25 of its 63 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: tuberculosis in Vietnam (44 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in Venezuela (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Switzerland (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); heatwave in Bangladesh (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 19,611 stories about harm among 106,420 counted on 5 Jun.

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For the fifth day running, the news turned to Senegal. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 106,420 stories, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Afghanistan and the US. On 5 June 2022, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 18 today. Senegal stood out: 74% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 45%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti75 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 46 · mostly disasters & accidents Senegal74 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Sudan73 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia61 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 535 Beijing China78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 141 London UK60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 281 Chicago US46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 266 Delhi India35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 190

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'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri 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: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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'sParaguay: 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: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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'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'sJapan: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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'sGeorgia: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: 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 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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'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'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: 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: 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: 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 readVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: 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 about twice as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGabon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: 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

● Gambia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Ukraine about three times as angry as the world's · 262 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 216 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 131 stories about harm ● Australia about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 559 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 291 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 6,181 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 4,199 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents19% 3,700 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence10% 2,018 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,084 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 812 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 710 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 545 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 killed5,105 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,988 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,863 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,406 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees248 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people displaced204 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations187 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions151 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill34 at about three times the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US

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 harsher 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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