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34,477 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
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.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: too little coverage to readSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEl Salvador: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMillbury, US -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsMonrovia, Liberia -- health: 24 stories, carried by 16 outletsFort Dodge, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsChibok, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsTannum Sands, Australia -- shelter & services: 24 stories, carried by 27 outletsParis, France -- conflict & violence: 781 stories, carried by 490 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 19 outletsKargil, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 11 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Liberia warmth about one and a half times usual ● France warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● China warmth about one and a half times usual ● Philippines warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Millbury US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Monrovia Liberia about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 24 stories ● Fort Dodge US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Chibok Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Tannum Sands Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 24 stories

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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