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The day's news pointed at illness in Panama City, violence in Baghdad and arrests in Jordan. Iraq's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPanama 86 in 100 of its 1,454 stories, usually 13
RegionSoutheast Asia 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
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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Health

Panama

1,251 of its 1,454 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Panama City accounted for 723 of Panama's 1,251 stories about harm, carried by 645 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (416 stories). Plague was named in 101 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Panama over 30 days → its stories → Panama City stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

1,272 of its 1,490 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Baghdad accounted for 1,120 of Iraq's 1,272 stories about harm, carried by 813 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (1,009 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Rights & justice

Jordan

110 of its 244 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (46 stories). Cholera was named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Lebanon

180 of its 347 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Beirut accounted for 167 of Lebanon's 180 stories about harm, carried by 219 outlets. 154 of Beirut's 167 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (78 stories).

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

Philippines

1,351 of its 2,330 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Marawi accounted for 808 of the Philippines' 1,351 stories about harm, carried by 384 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Cambodia

125 of its 215 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 16 of Phnom Penh's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

205 of its 331 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kathmandu accounted for 152 of Nepal's 205 stories about harm, carried by 181 outlets. Hypothermia was named in 115 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with extreme cold. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

663 of its 979 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (306 stories). Storm surge was named in 261 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm, hurricane and outbreaks.

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Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

401 of its 535 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (72 stories). Dengue was named in 74 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with tropical storm.

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Rights & justice

Malaysia

319 of its 959 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (179 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hypothermia in Nepal (115 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (123 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in Bangladesh (261 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Sri Lanka (74 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hurricane in Russia (121 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 46,579 stories about harm among 203,838 counted on 30 May.

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Panama's news was 86% about people being harmed, against a usual 13%. of the day's 203,838 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. Nepal's news mentioned the hypothermia about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 30 May 2016, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen88 in 100 of its 238 stories · usually 75 · mostly health Panama86 in 100 of its 1,454 stories · usually 13 · mostly health Central African Republic86 in 100 of its 214 stories · usually 87 · mostly rights & justice Iraq85 in 100 of its 1,490 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan81 in 100 of its 360 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Portland US551 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1140 Washington US286 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1363 Caracas Venezuela182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 207 Beirut Lebanon154 stories about protests or strikes, of its 167 Texas US107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 241

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão 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'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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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 readN. 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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'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'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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: 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'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful 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'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPanama: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful 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 grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAngola: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Iraq about three times as angry as the world's · 1,272 stories about harm ● Panama about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,251 stories about harm ● Jordan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 110 stories about harm ● Nepal about twice as fearful as the world's · 205 stories about harm ● Cambodia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 125 stories about harm ● South Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 293 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence26% 11,727 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 11,491 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Health19% 8,521 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 6,711 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,330 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,479 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,377 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 961 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 killed18,002 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,071 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,551 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,327 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees813 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations809 at about twice the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting abductions713 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced466 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill90 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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