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20,791 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Baghdad (Iraq), rights and justice in la Paz and violence in Menaka. Bolivia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Mexico and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBolivia 89 in 100 of its 106 stories, usually 30
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

189 of its 261 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Baghdad accounted for 154 of Iraq's 189 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. 106 of Baghdad's 154 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Bolivia

94 of its 106 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. la Paz accounted for 88 of Bolivia's 94 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories → La Paz stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

111 of its 118 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Menaka accounted for 99 of Mali's 111 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Menaka stories →
Displacement

Mexico

271 of its 758 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (204 stories). Outbreaks were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

117 of its 129 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Managua accounted for 105 of Nicaragua's 117 stories about harm, carried by 245 outlets. 96 of Managua's 105 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees 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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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

70 of its 135 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Botswana

27 of its 36 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

470 of its 983 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (104 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Réunion

24 of its 33 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Road crashes were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Libya

121 of its 154 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (100 stories). Plane crash was named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Réunion (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Netherlands (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Libya (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (35 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Poland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 Apr. 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 20,791 stories about harm among 99,984 counted on 29 Apr.

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In Réunion's news, mentions of road crashes ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 99,984 stories, as usual. Refugees were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Mexico and the US. In Iraq, 72% of the news was about people being harmed, where 51% is usual. On 29 April 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to Nicaragua, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali94 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua91 in 100 of its 129 stories · usually 76 · mostly rights & justice Bolivia89 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 30 · mostly rights & justice Libya79 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 56 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Somalia73 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Gaza Palestine177 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228 San Diego US133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174 Jerusalem Israel126 stories about protests or strikes, of its 244 Washington US112 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1180 Baghdad Iraq106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 154

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'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'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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'sCzech Republic: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMicronesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: 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'sSpain: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sPeru: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKiribati: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBolivia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Bolivia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 94 stories about harm ● Mali about three times as angry as the world's · 111 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 215 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 378 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as fearful as the world's · 189 stories about harm ● Mexico about twice as fearful as the world's · 271 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 6,157 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 4,203 stories · about as usual Health18% 3,706 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,770 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,365 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 1,028 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Shelter & services3% 635 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 348 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 killed6,964 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,820 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,305 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,266 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees911 at about twice the usual rate · most about Mexico and the US Stories reporting abductions377 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about North Korea and South Korea Stories reporting evacuations263 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Canada Stories reporting people displaced186 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Kenya

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 about as 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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