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The news turned to protests in Bangassou (Central African Republic), rights and justice in Stockholm and people injured in Libya. Libya's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Yemen →
Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSweden 67 in 100 of its 1,590 stories, usually 28
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 51 in 100 of its stories, usually 44
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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Protests & strikes

Central African Republic

269 of its 296 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 83%. Bangassou accounted for 170 of the Central African Republic's 269 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. 110 of Bangassou's 170 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (90 stories). Ebola was named in 79 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Central African Republic over 30 days → its stories → Bangassou stories →
Rights & justice

Sweden

1,062 of its 1,590 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Stockholm accounted for 772 of Sweden's 1,062 stories about harm, carried by 544 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Stockholm stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

209 of its 244 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (91 stories). Hunger was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Albania

72 of its 167 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Albania over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Mali

205 of its 227 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Bamako accounted for 156 of Mali's 205 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Gambia

102 of its 194 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Banjul accounted for 95 of the Gambia's 102 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

236 of its 276 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Juba accounted for 135 of South Sudan's 236 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (119 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

794 of its 1,368 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 378 of Ramallah's 491 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (212 stories). Accidents were named in 68 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

398 of its 540 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Baghdad accounted for 237 of Iraq's 398 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (133 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

238 of its 422 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 121 of Dhaka's 172 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (182 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: measles in Italy (117 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Hungary (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); overdoses in Japan (82 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Palestine (68 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Brazil (24 of its stories, about 7 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 19 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 50,461 stories about harm among 234,894 counted on 19 May.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Yemen. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 234,894 stories, as usual. Mentions of measles ran more than ten times their usual in Italy's news. On 19 May 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 21 today. Central African Republic stood out: 91% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 83%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic91 in 100 of its 296 stories · usually 83 · mostly conflict & violence Mali90 in 100 of its 227 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Libya86 in 100 of its 244 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan86 in 100 of its 276 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Congo82 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 78 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US424 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2078 Ramallah Palestine378 stories about protests or strikes, of its 491 Times Square US241 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1180 Istanbul Türkiye172 stories about protests or strikes, of its 319 Moscow Russia157 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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'sPuerto Rico: 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 readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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'sPoland: 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 readNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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'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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readDominican 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: 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'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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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'sAzerbaijan: 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: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: 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'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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little angrier 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 a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: 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'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalta: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMarshall Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuernsey: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Norway about three times as fearful as the world's · 99 stories about harm ● South Sudan about 4 times as angry as the world's · 236 stories about harm ● Gambia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 102 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 325 stories about harm ● Libya about three times as angry as the world's · 209 stories about harm ● Albania about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 72 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 16,919 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Health19% 9,590 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 9,362 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents14% 6,869 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,111 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,737 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,001 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 834 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 killed15,153 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,250 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,430 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,158 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees829 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions675 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced360 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations218 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill129 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen

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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