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The news turned to protests in Ramallah (Palestine), landslides in Sri Lanka and violence in Cairo. Egypt's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSri Lanka 88 in 100 of its 1,104 stories, usually 35
RegionSoutheast Asia 49 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

568 of its 954 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Ramallah accounted for 491 of Palestine's 568 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. 336 of Ramallah's 491 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (155 stories). Power cuts were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Ramallah stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

976 of its 1,104 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Colombo accounted for 580 of Sri Lanka's 976 stories about harm, carried by 527 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (207 stories). Landslides were named in 418 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with drought and storms.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

1,357 of its 1,518 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Cairo accounted for 699 of Egypt's 1,357 stories about harm, carried by 605 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (884 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Rights & justice

Malaysia

170 of its 541 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Malaysia over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

France

866 of its 2,354 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 392 of Paris' 781 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (648 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Yemen

156 of its 176 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Sanaa accounted for 140 of Yemen's 156 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. 131 of Sanaa's 140 stories were about protests or strikes. 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

Brazil

106 of its 335 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 11 of Brasilia's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

UK

2,866 of its 9,339 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Tornadoes were named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Vietnam

268 of its 534 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (191 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

982 of its 1,528 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Brunei (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Iraq (89 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Liberia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Germany (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); norovirus in Mexico (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 34,477 stories about harm among 136,208 counted on 27 May.

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25 in every 100 of the day's 136,208 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. On 27 May 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 25 today. Palestine stood out: 60% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 47%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic91 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 86 · mostly displacement Egypt89 in 100 of its 1,518 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen89 in 100 of its 176 stories · usually 75 · mostly rights & justice Sri Lanka88 in 100 of its 1,104 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents Libya85 in 100 of its 408 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France392 stories about protests or strikes, of its 781 Ramallah Palestine336 stories about protests or strikes, of its 491 Jerusalem Israel209 stories about protests or strikes, of its 407 Portland US144 stories about protests or strikes, of its 873 Rampur India134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 310

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'sVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: too little coverage to readLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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'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: 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'sEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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 readHong Kong: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: 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 a little warmer than the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Egypt about three times as angry as the world's · 1,357 stories about harm ● France about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 866 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 448 stories about harm ● Vietnam about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 268 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 456 stories about harm ● UK about twice as fearful as the world's · 2,866 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence36% 12,081 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Rights & justice26% 8,769 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Health14% 4,743 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents12% 4,050 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,003 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,051 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 718 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 461 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 killed15,615 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured5,097 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt Stories reporting arrests5,014 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,528 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions606 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting people displaced377 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sri Lanka and the Central African Republic Stories reporting refugees305 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting evacuations261 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill31 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Mexico and the US

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times usual
● Fearabout one and a half times 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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