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46,300 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Jerusalem (Israel), wildfires in Portugal and violence in Bambari. Israel's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBahrain 57 in 100 of its 249 stories, usually 12
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 58 in 100 of its stories, usually 39
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Israel

5,907 of its 7,424 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Jerusalem accounted for 4,797 of Israel's 5,907 stories about harm, carried by 2,162 outlets. 4,018 of Jerusalem's 4,797 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5,294 stories). Earthquake was named in 52 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with ebola. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Disasters & accidents

Portugal

107 of its 249 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (65 stories). Wildfires were named in 75 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Lithuania

37 of its 62 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Palestine

699 of its 1,095 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Gaza accounted for 519 of Palestine's 699 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. 379 of Gaza's 519 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (434 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

141 of its 249 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 32 of Manama's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Senegal

54 of its 89 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 36 of Dakar's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bosnia

54 of Sarajevo's 59 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (18 stories). Drownings were named in 62 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 208 of Afghanistan's 328 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Flooding was named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and drought. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Albania

68 of its 97 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Tirana accounted for 60 of Albania's 68 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Bosnia (62 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Germany (75 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Nepal (28 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); malaria in Ghana (33 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Hungary (19 of its stories, about 9 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 15 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 46,300 stories about harm among 212,700 counted on 15 May.

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Portugal's news mentioned wildfires more than ten times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 212,700 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. the news turned to Israel for the second day running. Israel's news was 80% about people being harmed, against a usual 50%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo91 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 69 · mostly health Central African Republic85 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Israel80 in 100 of its 7,424 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi74 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 460 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel4018 stories about protests or strikes, of its 4797 Washington US430 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2376 Gaza Palestine379 stories about protests or strikes, of its 519 Charlottesville US205 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260 Moscow Russia198 stories about protests or strikes, of its 276

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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 readSaudi Arabia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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'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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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'sBrunei: 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'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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 readZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as 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 a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: 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 a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLithuania: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as 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

● Belgium about three times as fearful as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Bosnia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 86 stories about harm ● Burundi about twice as angry as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Palestine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 699 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 328 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 453 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 13,426 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 10,215 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Health19% 8,821 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 6,460 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,120 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,573 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,119 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 824 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 killed16,949 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,034 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting arrests5,489 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,003 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees887 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions522 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting evacuations312 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced287 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill56 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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
● Feara little more than 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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