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59,712 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to landslides in Myanmar, illness in Mirebalais and people injured in Colombia. Myanmar's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGrenada 79 in 100 of its 131 stories, usually 19
RegionSoutheast Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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

Myanmar

166 of its 259 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Yangon accounted for 112 of Myanmar's 166 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (77 stories). Landslides were named in 109 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Health

Haiti

144 of its 189 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Mirebalais accounted for 87 of Haiti's 144 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (8 stories). Chikungunya was named in 52 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Mirebalais stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

197 of its 323 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories). Polio was named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Vietnam

1,300 of its 2,839 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 666 of Hanoi's 875 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → Hanoi stories →
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Protests & strikes

Cambodia

117 of its 199 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Phnom Penh accounted for 81 of Cambodia's 117 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. 49 of Phnom Penh's 81 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

326 of its 513 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Hypothermia was named in 114 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with snowstorms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

868 of its 1,967 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Storms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

129 of Tehran's 187 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Wildfires were named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Grenada

103 of its 131 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Displacement

Greece

899 of its 1,721 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (228 stories). Food poisoning was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with poisoning and extreme cold.

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Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Malawi (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Nepal (114 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Peru (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Sri Lanka (57 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in Indonesia (43 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 24 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 59,712 stories about harm among 298,922 counted on 24 May.

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In Myanmar's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 298,922 stories, as usual. Myanmar's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 42%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger82 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan79 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Grenada79 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 19 · mostly rights & justice Syria77 in 100 of its 1,584 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti76 in 100 of its 189 stories · usually 39 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Hanoi Vietnam666 stories about protests or strikes, of its 875 Washington US300 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1959 London UK212 stories about protests or strikes, of its 966 Fallujah Iraq189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 662 Paris France167 stories about protests or strikes, of its 342

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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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: 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: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: 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'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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 readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'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'sLibya: 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'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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readGaza: 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'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry 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 grief-stricken as the world'sGrenada: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCape Verde: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as 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 grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Ukraine about three times as angry as the world's · 197 stories about harm ● Sweden about twice as fearful as the world's · 119 stories about harm ● South Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Grenada about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 103 stories about harm ● Senegal few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,223 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 16,201 stories · about as usual Health22% 12,720 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence20% 11,618 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 7,604 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 4,586 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 2,843 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,902 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 killed19,172 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,196 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,977 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,841 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,624 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations859 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions695 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced514 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill61 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nepal

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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