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43,634 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to people killed in Liberia, protests in Tirana (Albania) and abductions in Iran. Liberia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCôte d’Ivoire 91 in 100 of its 67 stories, usually 30
RegionEast Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Liberia

194 of its 244 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (175 stories). Meningitis was named in 169 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Liberia over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Albania

64 of its 106 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Tirana accounted for 59 of Albania's 64 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. 58 of Tirana's 59 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

346 of its 783 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Iran over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Sudan

166 of its 209 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Somalia

340 of its 397 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Mogadishu accounted for 255 of Somalia's 340 stories about harm, carried by 216 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (226 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Côte d’Ivoire

61 of its 67 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Bouake accounted for 60 of Côte d’Ivoire's 61 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. 51 of Bouake's 60 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

244 of its 312 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Nepal

167 of its 312 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Hypothermia was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

China

1,001 of its 4,493 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 199 of Xie Yang's 310 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (107 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Syria

964 of its 1,259 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Damascus accounted for 582 of Syria's 964 stories about harm, carried by 340 outlets. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Yemen (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in New Caledonia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Italy (34 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hypothermia in Nepal (26 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); plague in Mexico (24 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 8 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 43,634 stories about harm among 213,359 counted on 8 May.

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Liberia's news mentioned meningitis more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 213,359 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. In Liberia, 80% of the news was about people being harmed, where 45% is usual. A year earlier, on 8 May 2016, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Côte d’Ivoire91 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia86 in 100 of its 397 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan85 in 100 of its 259 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan84 in 100 of its 1,064 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Liberia80 in 100 of its 244 stories · usually 45 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France1071 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1771 Xie Yang China199 stories about protests or strikes, of its 310 Seoul South Korea196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 475 Travis County US183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 378 Beijing China182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 307

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: 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'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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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'sLithuania: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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 readGuatemala: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: 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'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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNew Caledonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: 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'sBrunei: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBenin: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than 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 angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuernsey: 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

● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 891 stories about harm ● South Sudan about three times as fearful as the world's · 220 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as fearful as the world's · 166 stories about harm ● Zambia few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 103 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as angry as the world's · 340 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 14,328 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence22% 9,339 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Health19% 7,919 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 5,052 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,900 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,221 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,195 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 745 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 killed12,642 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,698 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,063 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,953 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees947 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions933 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations792 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting people displaced627 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about South Sudan and Sudan Stories reporting people falling ill29 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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

● Angera little less than 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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