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The news turned to protests in Bangui (Central African Republic), violence in Tripoli and power cuts in Portugal. the Central African Republic's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMadagascar 92 in 100 of its 209 stories, usually 41
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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

136 of its 146 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 81%. Bangui accounted for 126 of the Central African Republic's 136 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. 68 of Bangui's 126 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Central African Republic over 30 days → its stories → Bangui stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

431 of its 494 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tripoli accounted for 415 of Libya's 431 stories about harm, carried by 345 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (165 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Shelter & services

Portugal

33 of its 214 stories (15%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories). Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

France

611 of its 2,410 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 398 of Paris' 450 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (354 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

117 of its 203 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Mogadishu accounted for 75 of Somalia's 117 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Heavy rain was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

China

152 of Huajian's 197 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (227 stories). Hepatitis was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Colombia

204 of its 295 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (166 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

154 of its 240 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (76 stories). Chikungunya was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plague and west nile virus.

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Rights & justice

Cuba

45 of its 138 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Tanzania (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Brazil (43 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); heavy rain in Somalia (25 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Greece (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Cuba (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 42,336 stories about harm among 218,219 counted on 2 May.

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For the second day running, the news turned to the Central African Republic. On 2 May 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 today. 19 in every 100 of the day's 218,219 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. In the Central African Republic, 93% of the news was about people being harmed, where 81% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic93 in 100 of its 146 stories · usually 81 · mostly conflict & violence Madagascar92 in 100 of its 209 stories · usually 41 · mostly health Libya87 in 100 of its 494 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar84 in 100 of its 169 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan73 in 100 of its 458 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France398 stories about protests or strikes, of its 450 Washington US240 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1513 Yerevan Armenia162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 171 Tripoli Libya158 stories about protests or strikes, of its 415 Charlottesville US157 stories about protests or strikes, of its 182

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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'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'sUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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 readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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 readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readGaza: 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: 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 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'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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSuriname: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sOman: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGabon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMaldives: 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

● Libya about three times as angry as the world's · 431 stories about harm ● Finland few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Central African Republic about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 136 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 336 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 204 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 282 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 12,360 stories · about as usual Health22% 9,187 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 6,531 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents15% 6,369 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,788 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,630 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,387 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,313 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 killed12,482 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,482 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,740 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,149 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Libya Stories reporting refugees786 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions511 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced394 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations365 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill125 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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