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The news turned to violence in Kabul, people affected in Sri Lanka and protests in Tbilisi (Georgia). Panama's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGeorgia 70 in 100 of its 148 stories, usually 19
RegionSouth Asia 42 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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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

3,412 of its 3,769 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Kabul accounted for 3,349 of Afghanistan's 3,412 stories about harm, carried by 1,708 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (122 stories). Avalanche was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

503 of its 678 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (403 stories). Dengue was named in 122 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

164 of its 270 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 31 of Manama's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (138 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Haiti

130 of its 180 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 71 of Haiti's 130 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Morocco

70 of its 163 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 46 of al-Hoceima's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

381 of its 677 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (49 stories). Cyclone was named in 261 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain.

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Rights & justice

Slovakia

43 of its 91 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kenya

345 of its 947 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Bangladesh (261 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); helicopter crash in Türkiye (101 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (63 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hypothermia in Greenland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); rabies in Brazil (24 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 31 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 51,131 stories about harm among 236,058 counted on 31 May.

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In Bangladesh's news, mentions of the cyclone ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 236,058 stories, as usual. Afghanistan's news was 91% about people being harmed, against a usual 68%. On 31 May 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan91 in 100 of its 3,769 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen83 in 100 of its 282 stories · usually 75 · mostly health Central African Republic79 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 87 · mostly displacement Panama75 in 100 of its 314 stories · usually 44 · mostly health Sri Lanka74 in 100 of its 678 stories · usually 49 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Huajian China334 stories about protests or strikes, of its 341 Portland US326 stories about protests or strikes, of its 932 Washington US249 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1665 Hollywood US193 stories about protests or strikes, of its 664 San Francisco US188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 395

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'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: 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'sIndonesia: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readDominican 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: 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'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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: 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'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'sCrimea: 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: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUzbekistan: 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'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier 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

● Panama about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 236 stories about harm ● Jordan about twice as fearful as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 3,412 stories about harm ● Portugal about twice as fearful as the world's · 68 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 414 stories about harm ● South Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 145 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 13,872 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence24% 12,121 stories · about as usual Health20% 10,291 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 6,477 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,241 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,633 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,391 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,226 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 killed19,162 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,801 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,391 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,312 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees835 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions790 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations677 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting people displaced526 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill53 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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
● 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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