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47,061 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to illness in Conakry, violence in Mogadishu and protests in Kigali (Rwanda). Somalia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuinea 83 in 100 of its 136 stories, usually 30
RegionCentral Asia 21 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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Health

Guinea

113 of its 136 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Conakry accounted for 78 of Guinea's 113 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (101 stories). Ebola was named in 103 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Conakry stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

337 of its 393 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Mogadishu accounted for 214 of Somalia's 337 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (81 stories). Malaria was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with wildfires. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Protests & strikes

Rwanda

122 of its 200 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Kigali accounted for 100 of Rwanda's 122 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. 67 of Kigali's 100 stories were about protests or strikes. Road crashes were named in 71 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Kigali stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Iran

517 of its 760 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (206 stories). Gas explosion was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories →
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Rights & justice

Hungary

172 of its 298 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Budapest accounted for 144 of Hungary's 172 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Hunger was named in 66 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

795 of its 1,029 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Caracas accounted for 656 of Venezuela's 795 stories about harm, carried by 345 outlets. 643 of Caracas' 656 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mozambique

48 of its 79 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

200 of its 279 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Switzerland

165 of its 459 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Vanuatu

31 of its 40 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Cyclone was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Vanuatu (29 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Hungary (66 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Nepal (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in France (270 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in South Sudan (15 of its stories, about three 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 4 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 47,061 stories about harm among 223,670 counted on 4 May.

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In Guinea, 83% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 223,670 stories, as usual. Mentions of Ebola ran about 4 times their usual in Guinea's news. A year earlier, on 4 May 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia86 in 100 of its 393 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Guinea83 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 30 · mostly health Venezuela77 in 100 of its 1,029 stories · usually 61 · mostly rights & justice Congo77 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Syria73 in 100 of its 996 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Caracas Venezuela643 stories about protests or strikes, of its 656 Washington US618 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3664 Damascus Syria253 stories about protests or strikes, of its 367 Paris France215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 672 Dallas US159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 433

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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & 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'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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 readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench 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 readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: 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'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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'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'sBrunei: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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 readGuernsey: 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: 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'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times 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'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: 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'sGuinea: 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 about twice as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful 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'sCzechia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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 warmer than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelize: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful 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'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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 fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Congo about three times as angry as the world's · 73 stories about harm ● South Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 116 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 337 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as fearful as the world's · 257 stories about harm ● Switzerland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 165 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 456 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 14,597 stories · about as usual Health22% 10,265 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence21% 9,554 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents11% 5,289 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,820 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,647 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 979 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 943 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 killed13,562 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,692 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,012 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,343 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Venezuela Stories reporting refugees959 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions545 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced490 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations264 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill56 at about two-thirds of 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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout two-thirds of usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout two-thirds of 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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