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12,069 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Helicopter crash in Brazil, rights and justice in Oslo and deaths in Amhara drew the news. Norway's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNorway 48 in 100 of its 182 stories, usually 17
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 27 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

170 of its 395 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Rio de Janeiro accounted for 109 of Brazil's 170 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 64 of its stories about harm, about 7 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 →
Rights & justice

Norway

87 of its 182 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Oslo accounted for 78 of Norway's 87 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Norway over 30 days → its stories → Oslo stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Ethiopia

22 of its 34 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Amhara accounted for 15 of Ethiopia's 22 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Amhara stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

197 of its 384 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kyiv accounted for 115 of Ukraine's 197 stories about harm, carried by 280 outlets. Power cuts were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Palestine

92 of its 152 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Gaza accounted for 42 of Palestine's 92 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

32 of its 62 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

South Korea

48 of its 245 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 15 of Gwangju's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Train derailment was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

35 of its 43 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Poland

14 of its 58 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Portugal (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in Israel (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Iran (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); plane crash in US (56 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); dust storm in India (12 of its stories, about 4 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 15 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 12,069 stories about harm among 68,269 counted on 15 Jun.

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Brazil's news was 43% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. of the day's 68,269 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Brazil for the second day running.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine61 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice Uganda56 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 60 · mostly health Afghanistan52 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Syria52 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine51 in 100 of its 384 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 359 Tehran Iran68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 338 London UK40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 205 Kyiv Ukraine37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115 Delhi India33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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'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: 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'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'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: 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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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'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'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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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'sBangladesh: 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'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: 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 readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJersey: 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 · 390 stories about harm ● Norway about twice as angry as the world's · 87 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as fearful as the world's · 92 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 197 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Brazil about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 170 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 2,938 stories · about as usual Health24% 2,792 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents19% 2,263 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,728 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 753 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 630 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 467 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 256 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 killed2,985 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,328 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,215 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured827 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations92 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting refugees72 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill11 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 about as 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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