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25,631 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Surabaya, protests in Lisbon (Portugal) and drownings in Pakistan. Indonesia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about France and Indonesia → Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada → Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Austria →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 92 in 100 of its 1,792 stories, usually 33
RegionSoutheast Asia 56 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

Indonesia

1,645 of its 1,792 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Surabaya accounted for 782 of Indonesia's 1,645 stories about harm, carried by 852 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,455 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Surabaya stories →
Protests & strikes

Portugal

139 of its 329 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 75 of Lisbon's 125 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories → Lisbon stories →
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

598 of its 1,246 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (155 stories). Drownings were named in 94 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, storms and flooding.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Sudan

55 of its 85 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

France

1,869 of its 2,822 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Paris accounted for 1,767 of France's 1,869 stories about harm, carried by 1,499 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,681 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

204 of its 497 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 85 of Cairo's 162 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

129 of its 139 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Masaya accounted for 117 of Nicaragua's 129 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. 113 of Masaya's 117 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Burundi

61 of its 72 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Cibitoke accounted for 50 of Burundi's 61 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

61 of its 77 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. 49 of Yangon's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Cambodia

115 of its 126 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Gambia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Iraq (51 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Thailand (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Ghana (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hypothermia in Nepal (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 25,631 stories about harm among 105,196 counted on 13 May.

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People injured were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about France and Indonesia. In Indonesia, 92% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 105,196 stories, above the usual 21. A year earlier, on 13 May 2017, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. This week the news turned most often to North Korea, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua93 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 79 · mostly rights & justice Indonesia92 in 100 of its 1,792 stories · usually 33 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia91 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Congo89 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 65 · mostly health Burundi85 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel648 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1079 Jakarta Indonesia409 stories about protests or strikes, of its 764 Surabaya Indonesia336 stories about protests or strikes, of its 782 Washington US133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 636 Masaya Nicaragua113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 117

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'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'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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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 readSierra 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 readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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 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'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 readHong Kong: 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 readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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'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 readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: 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 readNauru: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: 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'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAruba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMayotte: 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

● Indonesia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,645 stories about harm ● France about three times as angry as the world's · 1,869 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 398 stories about harm ● Portugal about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 139 stories about harm ● Burundi about twice as angry as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● Myanmar about twice as angry as the world's · 61 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence30% 7,553 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Rights & justice26% 6,614 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Disasters & accidents17% 4,320 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Health15% 3,710 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,456 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 619 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 520 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 511 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 killed10,062 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people injured6,045 at about three times the usual rate · most about France and Indonesia Stories reporting arrests3,597 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,734 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations762 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions469 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting refugees300 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill211 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Austria Stories reporting people displaced205 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 one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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