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46,402 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Caracas (Venezuela), violence in Copenhagen and people killed in Mexico. Denmark's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostDenmark 63 in 100 of its 335 stories, usually 23
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

449 of its 656 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Caracas accounted for 359 of Venezuela's 449 stories about harm, carried by 298 outlets. 348 of Caracas' 359 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (324 stories). Heavy rain was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Conflict & violence

Denmark

212 of its 335 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Copenhagen accounted for 174 of Denmark's 212 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Rights & justice

Mexico

588 of its 1,281 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (461 stories). HIV was named in 46 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with malaria. 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.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jamaica

86 of its 252 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Flooding was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain.

Jamaica over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Papua New Guinea

90 of its 165 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 34 of Manus Island's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Vietnam

170 of its 496 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 67 of Hanoi's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (109 stories). Accidents were named in 73 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

156 of its 177 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 80%. Bangassou accounted for 108 of the Central African Republic's 156 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Côte d’Ivoire

197 of its 364 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Bouake accounted for 167 of Côte d’Ivoire's 197 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. 89 of Bouake's 167 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (66 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Syria

Damascus accounted for 773 of Syria's 1,153 stories about harm, carried by 549 outlets. 455 of Damascus' 773 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (114 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Romania

72 of its 289 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Rubella was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: accidents in Vietnam (73 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); west nile virus in Sierra Leone (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Italy (20 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); rubella in Romania (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (31 of its stories, about 4 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 16 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 46,402 stories about harm among 234,054 counted on 16 May.

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In Jamaica's news, mentions of flooding ran about 5 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 234,054 stories, below the usual 21. Venezuela's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 61%. A year earlier, on 16 May 2016, 19 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 →

Central African Republic88 in 100 of its 177 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Congo86 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 77 · mostly health Yemen78 in 100 of its 366 stories · usually 75 · mostly health Somalia74 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Syria72 in 100 of its 1,602 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Damascus Syria455 stories about protests or strikes, of its 773 Washington US410 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2592 Caracas Venezuela348 stories about protests or strikes, of its 359 Mesa County US163 stories about protests or strikes, of its 190 Ramallah Palestine154 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170

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: too little coverage to readU.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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: 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'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: 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'sSingapore: 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. 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: 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'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: 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'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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'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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: 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: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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 readJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: 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'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as warm as 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea-Bissau: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little angrier 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

● Syria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,153 stories about harm ● Denmark about three times as fearful as the world's · 212 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 679 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 252 stories about harm ● Tunisia about twice as fearful as the world's · 67 stories about harm ● Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 84 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 13,759 stories · about as usual Health22% 9,935 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence20% 9,166 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 5,341 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,304 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,292 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,203 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,041 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 killed14,774 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,292 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,670 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured3,023 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Venezuela Stories reporting refugees1,141 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting abductions494 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced439 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations359 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill51 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 harsher than 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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