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33,249 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to a disaster in Kabul, violence in Cairo and protests in Agua Zarca (Honduras). Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Canada and China → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostCzechia 69 in 100 of its 138 stories, usually 13
RegionSouth Asia 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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

Afghanistan

999 of its 1,138 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Kabul accounted for 610 of Afghanistan's 999 stories about harm, carried by 576 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (118 stories). Road crashes were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

750 of its 1,014 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Cairo accounted for 706 of Egypt's 750 stories about harm, carried by 653 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (608 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Protests & strikes

Honduras

38 of its 40 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Agua Zarca accounted for 36 of Honduras' 38 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. 36 of Agua Zarca's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Agua Zarca stories →
Health

Qatar

55 of its 315 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Outbreaks were named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Syria

737 of its 841 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Aleppo accounted for 559 of Syria's 737 stories about harm, carried by 459 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

China

683 of its 2,621 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (187 stories). Storms were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

124 of its 372 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 41 of Tehran's 81 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Bulgaria

73 of its 122 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories). Wildfires were named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Papua New Guinea

56 of its 64 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 5 of Paga Hill's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (43 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

87 of its 121 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Cambodia (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Bulgaria (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Lebanon (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Liberia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Malaysia (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 33,249 stories about harm among 152,901 counted on 8 May.

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Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Cambodia's news. of the day's 152,901 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Canada and China. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In Afghanistan, 88% of the news was about people being harmed, where 66% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali92 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen89 in 100 of its 198 stories · usually 81 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan88 in 100 of its 1,138 stories · usually 66 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria88 in 100 of its 841 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea88 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 40 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Cairo Egypt235 stories about protests or strikes, of its 706 Karachi Pakistan222 stories about protests or strikes, of its 266 San Francisco US151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 252 Washington US145 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1333 Athens Greece141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 150

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: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readTunisia: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: 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: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: 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'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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 readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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 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'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: 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 readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNauru: 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

● Egypt about three times as angry as the world's · 750 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 999 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 287 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as angry as the world's · 486 stories about harm ● Rwanda about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 87 stories about harm ● Singapore about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 140 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 8,539 stories · much less than usual (usually 32%) Conflict & violence24% 7,892 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents19% 6,207 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Health16% 5,223 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,981 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,387 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 822 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 639 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 killed10,993 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,368 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,234 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting arrests3,762 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations884 at about three times the usual rate · most about Canada and China Stories reporting abductions747 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Spain and Syria Stories reporting refugees662 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced546 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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
● 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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