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17,621 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to people displaced in Vienna, rights and justice in Nairobi and violence in Kyiv. Austria's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostAustria 68 in 100 of its 440 stories, usually 19
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Displacement

Austria

298 of its 440 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Vienna accounted for 92 of Austria's 298 stories about harm, carried by 256 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Rights & justice

Kenya

138 of its 324 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Nairobi accounted for 82 of Kenya's 138 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

162 of its 374 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kyiv accounted for 88 of Ukraine's 162 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 396 of Israel's 781 stories about harm, carried by 628 outlets. 240 of Jerusalem's 396 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Colombia

53 of its 84 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Bangladesh

67 of its 150 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Dhaka accounted for 38 of Bangladesh's 67 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Illness was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Malawi

28 of its 83 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Plane crash was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Malta

20 of its 72 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Jordan

23 of its 89 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

5 of its 6 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Malawi (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Türkiye (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in South Africa (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Bangladesh (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Mexico (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 17,621 stories about harm among 93,198 counted on 10 Jun.

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Austria stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 93,198 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Malawi's news, mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual. On 10 June 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Austria68 in 100 of its 440 stories · usually 19 · mostly displacement Colombia63 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence Israel63 in 100 of its 1,246 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Palestine61 in 100 of its 280 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Syria55 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Los Angeles US730 stories about protests or strikes, of its 879 Washington US280 stories about protests or strikes, of its 640 Jerusalem Israel240 stories about protests or strikes, of its 396 California US179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 277 San Francisco US80 stories about protests or strikes, of its 169

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'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: 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: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: 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'sTogo: 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 readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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'sEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 readChile: 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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & 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'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: 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 readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 readNorfolk 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'sVietnam: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSamoa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: 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 twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: 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'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry 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 twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMacao: 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

● Austria about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 298 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 267 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 162 stories about harm ● Kenya about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 138 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 24 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as angry as the world's · 53 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 5,238 stories · much more than usual (usually 25%) Health25% 4,295 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,997 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,308 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 902 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 589 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 547 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 423 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 killed3,881 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,718 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,606 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,182 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions264 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced148 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees97 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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
● Feara little less than 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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