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Protests in al-Hoceima (Morocco), the tsunami in Sri Lanka and violence in Derna drew the news. Libya's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostMorocco 71 in 100 of its 222 stories, usually 16
RegionSoutheast Asia 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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

Morocco

158 of its 222 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. al-Hoceima accounted for 88 of Morocco's 158 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. 88 of al-Hoceima's 88 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Morocco over 30 days → its stories → Al-Hoceima stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

766 of its 944 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Colombo accounted for 355 of Sri Lanka's 766 stories about harm, carried by 253 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (106 stories). Tsunami was named in 105 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with dengue and helicopter crash.

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

Libya

167 of its 212 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Derna accounted for 86 of Libya's 167 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Jersey

47 of its 90 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Jersey over 30 days → its stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

403 of its 727 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Jakarta accounted for 257 of Indonesia's 403 stories about harm, carried by 172 outlets. Earthquake was named in 211 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

898 of its 3,151 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (215 stories). Hurricane was named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

394 of its 690 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Cairo accounted for 198 of Egypt's 394 stories about harm, carried by 162 outlets. Snowstorms were named in 11 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

UK

3,302 of its 10,017 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (17 stories). Hurricane was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

1,540 of its 2,771 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

306 of its 569 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Tropical storm was named in 89 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (211 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Saudi Arabia (106 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Bangladesh (89 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in Spain (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Pakistan (49 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 38,600 stories about harm among 157,852 counted on 29 May.

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Morocco stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 16%. Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. For the second day running, the news turned to Morocco. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 157,852 stories, above the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sri Lanka81 in 100 of its 944 stories · usually 45 · mostly disasters & accidents Libya79 in 100 of its 212 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen77 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 76 · mostly health Syria74 in 100 of its 388 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq72 in 100 of its 767 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France418 stories about protests or strikes, of its 749 Washington US244 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1310 Moscow Russia200 stories about protests or strikes, of its 688 Texas US168 stories about protests or strikes, of its 265 Busan South Korea148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 150

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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'sSingapore: 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: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: 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 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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 readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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 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: 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 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: 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'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 readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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 readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about twice 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 a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times 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 Korea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than 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 warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: 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 about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Caledonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrunei: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAngola: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMonaco: 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 grief-stricken as the world's · 327 stories about harm ● Ecuador about twice as fearful as the world's · 56 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as fearful as the world's · 394 stories about harm ● South Korea about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 225 stories about harm ● UK about twice as fearful as the world's · 3,302 stories about harm ● Libya about twice as angry as the world's · 167 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence29% 10,852 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Rights & justice27% 10,219 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Disasters & accidents16% 5,968 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Health15% 5,605 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,302 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,135 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,002 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 703 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 killed14,528 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests6,050 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected4,581 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,385 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions632 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations627 at about twice the usual rate · most about Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka Stories reporting people displaced561 at about twice the usual rate · most about Sri Lanka and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees398 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill38 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico

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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