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45,600 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Rights and justice in Monrovia, protests in Minsk (Belarus) and abductions in Kashmir drew the news. Liberia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBelarus 81 in 100 of its 125 stories, usually 31
RegionCentral Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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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Rights & justice

Liberia

161 of its 246 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Monrovia accounted for 129 of Liberia's 161 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Malaria was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Liberia over 30 days → its stories → Monrovia stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

101 of its 125 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Minsk accounted for 90 of Belarus' 101 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. 89 of Minsk's 90 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (49 stories).

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

257 of its 390 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sweden

Stockholm accounted for 164 of Sweden's 174 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (125 stories). Flooding was named in 117 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Stockholm stories →
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Protests & strikes

Türkiye

1,018 of its 1,547 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Istanbul accounted for 716 of Türkiye's 1,018 stories about harm, carried by 573 outlets. 660 of Istanbul's 716 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (208 stories).

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Protests & strikes

France

1,298 of its 2,869 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 856 of Paris' 1,113 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (625 stories). Drownings were named in 630 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

414 of its 542 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. 128 of Baghdad's 164 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nepal

65 of Kathmandu's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (66 stories). Hypothermia was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

North Macedonia

111 of its 141 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Skopje accounted for 102 of North Macedonia's 111 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. 95 of Skopje's 102 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Rights & justice

Germany

384 of its 1,165 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (108 stories). Flooding was named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with train derailment.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in France (630 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Germany (88 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (35 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hypothermia in Nepal (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in Ireland (20 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 1 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 45,600 stories about harm among 208,718 counted on 1 May.

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In Sweden's news, mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 208,718 stories, as usual. Liberia's news was 65% about people being harmed, against a usual 43%. On 1 May 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 today. Over April, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 in April 2016.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen85 in 100 of its 185 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Belarus81 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 31 · mostly rights & justice North Macedonia79 in 100 of its 141 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq76 in 100 of its 542 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Burkina Faso75 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France856 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1113 Washington US736 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2591 Istanbul Türkiye660 stories about protests or strikes, of its 716 Caracas Venezuela372 stories about protests or strikes, of its 398 Chicago US304 stories about protests or strikes, of its 550

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'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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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'sSingapore: 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: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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'sIndonesia: 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'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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 readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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 readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: feelings about like the world'sSint 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 three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than 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'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful 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 fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAustralia: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Netherlands about three times as fearful as the world's · 60 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 414 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 673 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 157 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 381 stories about harm ● UK about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,308 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 14,156 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 9,475 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Health18% 7,916 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 7,642 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,909 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,233 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 866 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 676 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 killed15,724 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,266 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,936 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,968 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees615 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Sweden and Sri Lanka Stories reporting abductions291 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations217 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced214 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Liberia

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.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as 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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