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6,697 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to helicopter crash in Brazil, protests in the Gulf of Oman (Oman) and storms in Pakistan. Brazil's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBrazil 35 in 100 of its 327 stories, usually 15
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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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Disasters & accidents

Brazil

113 of its 327 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Rio de Janeiro accounted for 86 of Brazil's 113 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (95 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 43 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plane crash. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Rio de Janeiro stories →
Protests & strikes

Oman

49 of its 109 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 13 of the Gulf of Oman's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Accidents were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Oman over 30 days → its stories → Gulf of Oman stories →
Rights & justice

Pakistan

116 of its 302 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Storms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 157 of Iran's 244 stories about harm, carried by 382 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Switzerland

Geneva accounted for 35 of Switzerland's 56 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. 34 of Geneva's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Venezuela

20 of its 40 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

19 of its 45 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

42 of its 86 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jammu accounted for 28 of Kashmir's 42 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

268 of its 737 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

87 of its 265 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: plane crash in US (42 of its stories, more than ten 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 14 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 6,697 stories about harm among 36,121 counted on 14 Jun.

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Brazil's news mentioned helicopter crash more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 36,121 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Brazil, 35% of the news was about people being harmed, where 15% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Oman, on 5 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cuba56 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 44 · mostly shelter & services Lebanon54 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine52 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir49 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence Oman45 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 157 Belfast UK41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 60 Delhi India34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 153 Geneva Switzerland34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 35 Washington US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: too little coverage to readVietnam: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: 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'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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'sPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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 readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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 readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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'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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice 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'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than 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'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: 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'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer 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

● Nigeria about twice as fearful as the world's · 268 stories about harm ● Brazil about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 113 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as angry as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 176 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 244 stories about harm ● Ukraine few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 32 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health24% 1,565 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice22% 1,425 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents21% 1,387 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence16% 1,024 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 454 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 285 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 259 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 165 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 killed1,840 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests737 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected715 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured543 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced90 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions88 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations85 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees58 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Pakistan and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● Griefa little more 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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