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Rights and justice in Munich, deaths in la Magdalena and heavy rain in Ethiopia drew the news. Ethiopia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostGermany 48 in 100 of its 3,160 stories, usually 22
RegionEurope 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Germany

1,524 of its 3,160 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Munich accounted for 1,124 of Germany's 1,524 stories about harm, carried by 960 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,082 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories → Munich stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

El Salvador

49 of its 62 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. la Magdalena accounted for 41 of el Salvador's 49 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

El Salvador over 30 days → its stories → La Magdalena stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ethiopia

143 of its 238 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (76 stories). Heavy rain was named in 76 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Egypt

512 of its 877 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Cairo accounted for 378 of Egypt's 512 stories about harm, carried by 318 outlets. 192 of Cairo's 378 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Tunisia

39 of its 75 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

730 of its 991 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Baghdad accounted for 400 of Iraq's 730 stories about harm, carried by 404 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

1,137 of its 1,685 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (612 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kenya

505 of its 1,067 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (154 stories). Ebola was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Canada

2,844 of its 9,056 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Norovirus was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with power cuts and malaria.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Latvia

24 of its 81 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 14 of Riga's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Nepal (106 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heatwave in Argentina (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Namibia (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); food poisoning in Angola (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in South Korea (16 of its stories, more than ten 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 10 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 60,852 stories about harm among 310,633 counted on 10 May.

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Nepal's news mentioned the avalanche about 6 times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 310,633 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Germany, 48% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

El Salvador79 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 41 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Iraq74 in 100 of its 991 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen70 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 82 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye67 in 100 of its 1,685 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Syria67 in 100 of its 1,199 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US245 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2249 Cairo Egypt192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 378 Jerusalem Israel182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 634 Dhaka Bangladesh179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 387 Los Angeles US179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 540

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: 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 readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: 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: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: 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 readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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'sBrunei: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: 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): 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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 readZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sRwanda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 463 stories about harm ● Netherlands about three times as fearful as the world's · 86 stories about harm ● France about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 710 stories about harm ● Italy about three times as fearful as the world's · 368 stories about harm ● Rwanda about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 210 stories about harm ● Singapore about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 139 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 16,144 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Conflict & violence22% 12,810 stories · about as usual Health20% 11,823 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents16% 9,561 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,811 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,094 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 2,035 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,286 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 killed18,400 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,151 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,941 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,363 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,438 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,017 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Canada and the UK Stories reporting people displaced634 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions574 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill86 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 softer than 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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