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Protests in Gaza (Palestine), violence in Damascus and rights and justice in Banjul drew the news. Palestine's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAntarctica 78 in 100 of its 91 stories, usually 23
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 49 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

Palestine

645 of its 895 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Gaza accounted for 421 of Palestine's 645 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. 253 of Gaza's 421 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (431 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

555 of its 775 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Damascus accounted for 255 of Syria's 555 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (192 stories). Poisoning was named in 73 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Rights & justice

Gambia

118 of its 185 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Banjul accounted for 95 of the Gambia's 118 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories → Banjul stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Portugal

81 of its 223 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories).

Portugal over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Israel

3,383 of its 4,790 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Jerusalem accounted for 2,749 of Israel's 3,383 stories about harm, carried by 1,249 outlets. 2,171 of Jerusalem's 2,749 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Uzbekistan

36 of its 90 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 7 of Tashkent's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Albania

35 of its 68 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 25 of Tirana's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories).

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Rights & justice

Zambia

33 of its 111 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Drought was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

158 of its 433 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 72 of Cairo's 122 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (81 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

35 of its 133 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 15 of Manama's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: train derailment in North Korea (94 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Guinea (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Zambia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Jersey (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Venezuela (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 46,472 stories about harm among 229,518 counted on 16 May.

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Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in North Korea's news. of the day's 229,518 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Palestine stood out: 72% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 50%. On 16 May 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua86 in 100 of its 210 stories · usually 80 · mostly rights & justice DR Congo81 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 63 · mostly health Antarctica78 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 23 · mostly health Congo76 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 70 · mostly health Libya73 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 68 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel2171 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2749 Gaza Palestine253 stories about protests or strikes, of its 421 Washington US212 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2060 Managua Nicaragua136 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137 Pyongyang North Korea96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 205

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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 readSão 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'sPortugal: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sBangladesh: 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'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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: 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: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: 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'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice 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 angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChile: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCape Verde: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about three times as fearful as 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'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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 one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGuernsey: coverage a little warmer 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 · 133 stories about harm ● Indonesia about three times as angry as the world's · 515 stories about harm ● Qatar about three times as fearful as the world's · 73 stories about harm ● Palestine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 645 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 555 stories about harm ● Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 120 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 13,736 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence20% 9,022 stories · about as usual Health19% 8,824 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 6,761 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,226 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 2,104 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,163 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 907 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 killed15,511 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,136 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,184 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,651 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees636 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Bangladesh Stories reporting evacuations495 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions409 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced365 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill47 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and China

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
● 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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