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62,928 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to building collapse in Kenya, protests in Stockholm (Sweden) and violence in Aleppo. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Canada and the US → Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostCayman Islands 84 in 100 of its 113 stories, usually 15
RegionCentral Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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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Disasters & accidents

Kenya

836 of its 1,423 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Nairobi accounted for 709 of Kenya's 836 stories about harm, carried by 613 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (18 stories). Building collapse was named in 405 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with earthquake. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Protests & strikes

Sweden

204 of its 469 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 62 of Stockholm's 117 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Stockholm stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

1,796 of its 2,177 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Aleppo accounted for 1,140 of Syria's 1,796 stories about harm, carried by 648 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (336 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Aleppo stories →
Health

Panama

147 of its 412 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (95 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Panama over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Namibia

35 of its 79 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 25 of Windhoek's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Burundi

39 of its 43 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Bujumbura accounted for 30 of Burundi's 39 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Marshall Islands

29 of its 39 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Majuro accounted for 27 of the Marshall Islands' 29 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Canada

3,465 of its 10,131 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,092 stories). Road crashes were named in 99 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Indonesia

309 of its 620 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

270 of its 381 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Sirte accounted for 124 of Libya's 270 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Cyprus (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Chile (28 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Singapore (58 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Ethiopia (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (61 of its stories, about three times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 May. 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 62,928 stories about harm among 321,309 counted on 5 May.

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Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Canada and the US. of the day's 321,309 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Kenya for the second day running. Mentions of building collapse ran about 5 times their usual in Kenya's news. In Kenya, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen86 in 100 of its 315 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Cayman Islands84 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 15 · mostly health Syria82 in 100 of its 2,177 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Libya71 in 100 of its 381 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Honduras68 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria378 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1140 Washington US314 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2757 Chicago US242 stories about protests or strikes, of its 455 Dhaka Bangladesh170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 229 Palmyra Syria169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 232

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão 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'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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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 readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: 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'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as warm as 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 fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurundi: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrunei: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBenin: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNauru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGibraltar: 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

● Bangladesh about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 400 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,796 stories about harm ● Poland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 172 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 757 stories about harm ● Burundi few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Gambia few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 39 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 17,185 stories · less than usual (usually 33%) Conflict & violence21% 12,656 stories · about as usual Health20% 12,468 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents15% 8,987 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,924 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,491 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,390 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,425 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 killed18,363 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected8,879 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,237 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,517 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,557 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,537 at about three times the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting people displaced779 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions747 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill259 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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.

● Angera little less than 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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