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28,302 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Phnom Penh (Cambodia), a disaster in Jakarta and violence in Baghdad. Iraq's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRomania 59 in 100 of its 238 stories, usually 12
RegionSoutheast Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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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Protests & strikes

Cambodia

181 of its 262 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 49 of Phnom Penh's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (107 stories). Hunger was named in 108 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Phnom Penh stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

246 of its 393 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Jakarta accounted for 141 of Indonesia's 246 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

496 of its 651 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Baghdad accounted for 353 of Iraq's 496 stories about harm, carried by 416 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (333 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
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Protests & strikes

Italy

263 of its 715 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 33 of Milan's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (150 stories). Measles was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with hepatitis, diphtheria and chickenpox. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Norway

93 of its 198 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Extreme cold was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

608 of its 955 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Ramallah accounted for 397 of Palestine's 608 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. 314 of Ramallah's 397 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (161 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Libya

295 of its 332 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Ethiopia

103 of its 144 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (93 stories). Ebola was named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cholera, outbreaks and bird flu.

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Conflict & violence

Congo

109 of its 114 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Ethiopia (88 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Germany (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatstroke in Armenia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Italy (39 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in Norway (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 28,302 stories about harm among 131,340 counted on 20 May.

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Ethiopia's news mentioned Ebola more than ten times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 131,340 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Cambodia, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual. A year earlier, on 20 May 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo96 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Libya89 in 100 of its 332 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen86 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 75 · mostly health Central African Republic84 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 84 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela77 in 100 of its 372 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ramallah Palestine314 stories about protests or strikes, of its 397 Caracas Venezuela192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 208 Tehran Iran152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 832 Washington US148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1244 Baton Rouge US135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: 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'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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'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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sBelgium: 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'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'sAngola: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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: 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 angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry 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 grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: 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 fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLatvia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as warm as 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 warm as the world'sDenmark: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier 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'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Denmark few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 41 stories about harm ● Cambodia about twice as warm as the world's · 181 stories about harm ● Congo about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 109 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 288 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 496 stories about harm ● France about twice as fearful as the world's · 406 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 8,406 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence27% 7,492 stories · much more than usual (usually 22%) Health17% 4,732 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents13% 3,678 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,509 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 709 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 572 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 501 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 killed8,180 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,315 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,319 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions750 at about twice the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees486 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced243 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations127 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people falling ill30 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 softer 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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