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The news turned to protests in Caracas (Venezuela), a disaster in Tripoli and rights and justice in Beirut. Venezuela's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSenegal 69 in 100 of its 206 stories, usually 19
RegionSouth Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

416 of its 544 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Caracas accounted for 326 of Venezuela's 416 stories about harm, carried by 228 outlets. 317 of Caracas' 326 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (362 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

218 of its 276 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Tripoli accounted for 105 of Libya's 218 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (193 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Rights & justice

Lebanon

150 of its 275 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Beirut accounted for 107 of Lebanon's 150 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Health

Somalia

286 of its 341 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (118 stories). Cholera was named in 137 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with outbreaks.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Haiti

436 of its 670 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (234 stories). Train derailment was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Senegal

143 of its 206 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

696 of its 1,540 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (137 stories). Cyclone was named in 547 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with power cuts and storm surge.

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Rights & justice

Mexico

382 of its 1,081 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (293 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

225 of its 262 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

2,177 of its 5,558 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 8 times the usual rate (9 stories). Plague was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with extreme cold.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in New Zealand (547 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drought in Guyana (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in El Salvador (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Switzerland (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Palestine (77 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 Apr. 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 53,614 stories about harm among 257,822 counted on 13 Apr.

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For the fourth day running, the news turned to Venezuela. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 257,822 stories, below the usual 22. Venezuela's news was 76% about people being harmed, against a usual 51%. On 13 April 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic90 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan86 in 100 of its 262 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia84 in 100 of its 341 stories · usually 66 · mostly health Afghanistan82 in 100 of its 2,089 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Libya79 in 100 of its 276 stories · usually 50 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Caracas Venezuela317 stories about protests or strikes, of its 326 Raqqa Syria283 stories about protests or strikes, of its 854 Moscow Russia171 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1474 Washington US159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1712 Miami US105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 331

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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'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 readSri Lanka: 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'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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 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: 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'sMali: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: 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'sGuyana: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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'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'sBahamas: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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 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'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSenegal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken 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 fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMacao: 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

● Haiti about twice as warm as the world's · 436 stories about harm ● South Sudan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 225 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 2,636 stories about harm ● Armenia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 126 stories about harm ● Mexico about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 382 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about twice as angry as the world's · 113 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 14,774 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence27% 14,436 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Health18% 9,412 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 6,916 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,181 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,632 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,200 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,159 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 killed17,123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,524 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,999 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people injured2,805 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting abductions958 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Bangladesh Stories reporting refugees824 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and South Sudan Stories reporting evacuations443 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced374 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill112 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 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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