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The day's news pointed at protests in Bangui (Central African Republic), a disaster in Paramaribo and violence in Damascus. the Central African Republic's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSuriname 100 in 100 of its 74 stories, usually 34
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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

Central African Republic

148 of its 154 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Bangui accounted for 135 of the Central African Republic's 148 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. 84 of Bangui's 135 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Central African Republic over 30 days → its stories → Bangui stories →
Disasters & accidents

Suriname

74 of its 74 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Paramaribo accounted for 64 of Suriname's 74 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Suriname over 30 days → its stories → Paramaribo stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

578 of its 750 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Damascus accounted for 327 of Syria's 578 stories about harm, carried by 328 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (222 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Health

Sweden

108 of its 297 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Switzerland

236 of its 525 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Hypothermia was named in 139 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

France

112 of Paris' 197 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (93 stories). Train derailment was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Morocco

115 of its 223 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Rabat accounted for 99 of Morocco's 115 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Burundi

98 of its 112 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. 4 of Bujumbura's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Brazil

391 of its 933 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (77 stories). Building collapse was named in 117 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with gas explosion and respiratory illness.

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Conflict & violence

Austria

54 of its 132 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hypothermia in Switzerland (139 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Brazil (117 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Italy (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Tanzania (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Poland (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 40,823 stories about harm among 210,572 counted on 1 May.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 28 March 2018. A year earlier, on 1 May 2017, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 210,572 stories, below the usual 21. the Central African Republic's news was 96% about people being harmed, against a usual 79%. Over April, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 in April 2017.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Suriname100 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 34 · mostly disasters & accidents Central African Republic96 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi88 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 64 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Afghanistan80 in 100 of its 925 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Syria77 in 100 of its 750 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Denver US282 stories about protests or strikes, of its 427 Washington US266 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1998 Moscow Russia221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 276 Melbourne Australia215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 452 San Francisco US143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 329

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readUganda: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'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. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: 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'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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 readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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 readZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSuriname: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGabon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as 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 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 744 stories about harm ● Austria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Suriname about twice as fearful as the world's · 74 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as fearful as the world's · 92 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as angry as the world's · 163 stories about harm ● Central African Republic about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 148 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 11,865 stories · about as usual Health22% 8,826 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 6,630 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents14% 5,698 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,590 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 1,864 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,264 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,186 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 killed12,194 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,681 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,059 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,816 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees1,490 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting abductions854 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations721 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people displaced384 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill61 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq

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.

● Angera little less than 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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