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The news turned to protests in Azaz (Syria), storms in Senegal and violence in Kabul. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMaldives 77 in 100 of its 108 stories, usually 33
RegionCentral Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Syria

996 of its 1,304 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Azaz accounted for 498 of Syria's 996 stories about harm, carried by 344 outlets. 419 of Azaz's 498 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Polio was named in 13 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.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Azaz stories →
Disasters & accidents

Senegal

73 of its 114 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Dakar accounted for 65 of Senegal's 73 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (66 stories). Storms were named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

1,080 of its 1,274 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Kabul accounted for 745 of Afghanistan's 1,080 stories about harm, carried by 602 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (693 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Rights & justice

Maldives

83 of its 108 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Maldives over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

North Macedonia

102 of its 139 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Skopje accounted for 92 of North Macedonia's 102 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. 78 of Skopje's 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (41 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

Mogadishu accounted for 149 of Somalia's 279 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Malaria was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Iran

678 of its 1,126 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (255 stories). Poisoning was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

138 of its 163 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Health

Denmark

135 of its 337 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

165 of its 293 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Avalanche was named in 69 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with drought.

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Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Nepal (69 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); measles in Italy (73 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Niger (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Vanuatu (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); rabies in Latvia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 51,355 stories about harm among 249,259 counted on 3 May.

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Mentions of storms ran about 10 times their usual in Senegal's news. of the day's 249,259 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. A year earlier, on 3 May 2016, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. Syria's news was 76% about people being harmed, against a usual 71%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan85 in 100 of its 1,274 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Mali85 in 100 of its 163 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Maldives77 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice Syria76 in 100 of its 1,304 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence North Macedonia73 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Baton Rouge US653 stories about protests or strikes, of its 992 Azaz Syria419 stories about protests or strikes, of its 498 Boston US354 stories about protests or strikes, of its 832 Washington US308 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2202 Jerusalem Israel194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 853

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'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: 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'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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'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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: 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: 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'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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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'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'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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: 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'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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 readMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 warm as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCzechia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNauru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMaldives: 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

● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 1,080 stories about harm ● Mali about three times as angry as the world's · 138 stories about harm ● Sweden about twice as fearful as the world's · 201 stories about harm ● Czechia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 107 stories about harm ● Kazakhstan few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Tunisia few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 46 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 15,386 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 10,663 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Health19% 9,584 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 6,095 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given9% 4,350 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,103 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,263 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 818 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 killed16,876 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,381 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,071 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,860 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced630 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Russia and the US Stories reporting refugees593 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and Australia Stories reporting abductions429 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations229 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill105 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Belize

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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout two-thirds of 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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