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20,773 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Paris (France), people displaced in Chisinau and the hurricane in Mexico. Mexico's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMoldova 53 in 100 of its 78 stories, usually 14
RegionSoutheast Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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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Protests & strikes

France

574 of its 1,591 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Paris accounted for 428 of France's 574 stories about harm, carried by 736 outlets. 347 of Paris' 428 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (360 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Displacement

Moldova

41 of its 78 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Chisinau accounted for 39 of Moldova's 41 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Moldova over 30 days → its stories → Chisinau stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

165 of its 458 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (95 stories). Hurricane was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heatstroke, tropical storm and meningitis. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 51 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Sweden

147 of its 366 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Stockholm accounted for 106 of Sweden's 147 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. 69 of Stockholm's 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Cuba

28 of its 59 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Havana accounted for 21 of Cuba's 28 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

64 of its 195 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tsunami.

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Protests & strikes

Albania

7 of its 14 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 4 of Tirana's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Thailand

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Poisoning was named in 11 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. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

36 of its 52 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 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: landslides in Vietnam (43 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in Thailand (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in South Africa (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (14 of its stories, more than ten 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 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 20,773 stories about harm among 113,312 counted on 30 Jun.

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The news turned to France for the third day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 113,312 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Pakistan's news, mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual. France stood out: 36% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. On 30 June 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali69 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan65 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine56 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Syria56 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan53 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 47 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France347 stories about protests or strikes, of its 428 Washington US284 stories about protests or strikes, of its 922 Stockholm Sweden69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 Hollywood US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 233 Manipur India40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 77

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: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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'sSingapore: 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'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'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: 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 readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: 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'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMoldova: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sJersey: 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 130 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Mexico about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 165 stories about harm ● Sweden about twice as angry as the world's · 147 stories about harm ● France about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 574 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 225 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 6,308 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 5,405 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents17% 3,457 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence10% 1,941 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,041 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,012 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 789 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 464 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 killed4,564 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,065 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,877 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured1,142 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting refugees221 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced168 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and Sudan Stories reporting abductions143 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations130 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill24 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 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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