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19,231 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to plane crash in Nepal, protests in Kampala (Uganda) and arrests in Iran. Nepal's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPhilippines 60 in 100 of its 685 stories, usually 35
RegionSoutheast Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

82 of its 121 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kathmandu accounted for 64 of Nepal's 82 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (74 stories). Plane crash was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Protests & strikes

Uganda

54 of its 120 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kampala accounted for 36 of Uganda's 54 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. 26 of Kampala's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (30 stories).

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

56 of its 107 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

412 of its 685 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Philippine accounted for 207 of the Philippines' 412 stories about harm, carried by 213 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Flooding was named in 121 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with oil spill and power cuts.

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Disasters & accidents

Mauritania

24 of its 28 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Nouakchott accounted for 21 of Mauritania's 24 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

Dhaka accounted for 73 of Bangladesh's 117 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. 55 of Dhaka's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

79 of its 192 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Flooding was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with oil spill.

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Disasters & accidents

Ethiopia

52 of its 78 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Lesotho

8 of its 9 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Taiwan (40 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in Philippines (121 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); plague in Italy (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Poland (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); tornadoes in Canada (44 of its stories, about 5 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 25 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 19,231 stories about harm among 107,001 counted on 25 Jul.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 107,001 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Nepal for the second day running. Mentions of flooding ran about 8 times their usual in Taiwan's news. In Nepal, 68% of the news was about people being harmed, where 42% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nepal68 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents Ethiopia67 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel66 in 100 of its 1,472 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan65 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines60 in 100 of its 685 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US249 stories about protests or strikes, of its 758 Jerusalem Israel56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 114 Dhaka Bangladesh55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 73 Tel Aviv Israel49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 116 San Francisco US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: 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: too little coverage to readSyria: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sHaiti: 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'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: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTogo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sSingapore: 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'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice 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'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLesotho: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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 three times as fearful as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 968 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 227 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 118 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as angry as the world's · 117 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 5,072 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,695 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents21% 3,900 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,400 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 829 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 700 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 670 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 477 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 killed4,216 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,436 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,154 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,154 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions544 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations405 at about twice the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting people displaced230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees143 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill25 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
● 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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