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48,070 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Rights and justice in Copenhagen, protests in Sinaloa (Mexico) and violence in Balaka drew the news. the Central African Republic's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostDominican Republic 68 in 100 of its 148 stories, usually 13
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
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

Denmark

159 of its 300 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Copenhagen accounted for 135 of Denmark's 159 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Protests & strikes

Mexico

458 of its 1,100 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 146 of Sinaloa's 165 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (106 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.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories → Sinaloa stories →
Displacement

Sweden

335 of its 610 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Vaxjo accounted for 266 of Sweden's 335 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (267 stories).

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Vaxjo stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Afghanistan

Jalalabad accounted for 315 of Afghanistan's 573 stories about harm, carried by 218 outlets. 188 of Jalalabad's 315 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (349 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Puerto Rico

88 of its 202 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Türkiye

779 of its 1,173 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (390 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Jamaica

134 of its 368 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (34 stories). Flooding was named in 81 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Health

Mongolia

16 of its 29 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Malaria was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

North Macedonia

132 of its 180 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Skopje accounted for 109 of North Macedonia's 132 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. 96 of Skopje's 109 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: heatwave in United Arab Emirates (102 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Jamaica (81 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drownings in Senegal (29 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (109 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Italy (69 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 48,070 stories about harm among 239,890 counted on 17 May.

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The United Arab Emirates' news mentioned the heatwave more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 239,890 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Denmark. Denmark stood out: 53% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 25%. A year earlier, on 17 May 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic95 in 100 of its 171 stories · usually 81 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia86 in 100 of its 270 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen82 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 75 · mostly health Congo81 in 100 of its 286 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan79 in 100 of its 725 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US404 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2300 New Orleans US258 stories about protests or strikes, of its 281 Ramallah Palestine242 stories about protests or strikes, of its 388 Athens Greece226 stories about protests or strikes, of its 262 Jalalabad Afghanistan188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 315

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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'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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: 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'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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 readCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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): 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSuriname: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCyprus: 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 angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer 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 angry as the world's · 573 stories about harm ● France about twice as warm as the world's · 549 stories about harm ● Central African Republic about three times as angry as the world's · 162 stories about harm ● Portugal about twice as fearful as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Denmark about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 159 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about twice as fearful as the world's · 73 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 14,421 stories · about as usual Health21% 9,734 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 8,688 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents14% 6,546 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,172 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,514 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,393 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,176 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 killed14,931 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,165 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,280 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,887 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees999 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations579 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions447 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced348 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the Central African Republic Stories reporting people falling ill57 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 about as 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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