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The news turned to protests in Caracas (Venezuela), rights and justice in Tehran and arrests in Colombia. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIran 55 in 100 of its 824 stories, usually 28
RegionSoutheast Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

220 of its 430 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 70 of Caracas' 131 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

456 of its 824 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tehran accounted for 374 of Iran's 456 stories about harm, carried by 308 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (277 stories).

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

393 of its 648 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (156 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

202 of its 459 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (78 stories). Storms were named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 303 of Afghanistan's 544 stories about harm, carried by 306 outlets. 233 of Kabul's 303 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

100 of Dhaka's 185 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Tropical storm was named in 38 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Greece

306 of its 690 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Athens accounted for 218 of Greece's 306 stories about harm, carried by 215 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Palestine

558 of its 1,012 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Ramallah accounted for 440 of Palestine's 558 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (159 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Jordan

99 of its 282 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (43 stories).

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Rights & justice

Kuwait

43 of its 118 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (32 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Puerto Rico (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Netherlands (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Switzerland (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Bangladesh (38 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); drought in Germany (20 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 16 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 48,522 stories about harm among 250,364 counted on 16 May.

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Puerto Rico's news mentioned Ebola more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 250,364 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Venezuela, 51% of the news was about people being harmed, where 40% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen73 in 100 of its 262 stories · usually 82 · mostly conflict & violence Syria70 in 100 of its 670 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq70 in 100 of its 728 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi70 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan66 in 100 of its 820 stories · usually 69 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US351 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1738 Kabul Afghanistan233 stories about protests or strikes, of its 303 Nairobi Kenya147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 Hazara Afghanistan133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 Raleigh US125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 161

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: 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'sSouth 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'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'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: 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'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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: 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'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 twice as angry as the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: 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'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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

● Norway about three times as fearful as the world's · 133 stories about harm ● Sweden about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 200 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 510 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 346 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 191 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as fearful as the world's · 471 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 14,071 stories · about as usual Health22% 10,362 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence18% 8,647 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents14% 6,602 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 3,669 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,527 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,377 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,295 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 killed13,139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,383 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,421 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,285 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting refugees1,145 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions540 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations494 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and Norway Stories reporting people displaced405 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill40 at about half 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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