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27,201 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), a disaster in Havana and people falling ill in Pakistan. Congo's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostCuba 85 in 100 of its 1,570 stories, usually 23
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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

Saudi Arabia

293 of its 423 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Riyadh accounted for 174 of Saudi Arabia's 293 stories about harm, carried by 219 outlets. 108 of Riyadh's 174 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (246 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Riyadh stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cuba

1,339 of its 1,570 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Havana accounted for 1,248 of Cuba's 1,339 stories about harm, carried by 1,202 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (580 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

546 of its 1,285 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Malaria was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Israel

1,471 of its 1,967 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Jerusalem accounted for 856 of Israel's 1,471 stories about harm, carried by 489 outlets. 548 of Jerusalem's 856 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (164 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Russia

364 of its 1,221 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 130 of Moscow's 245 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

268 of its 464 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Gaza accounted for 155 of Palestine's 268 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Power cuts were named in 41 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.

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

88 of its 199 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 45 of Cairo's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Train derailment was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Sri Lanka

113 of its 286 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

United Arab Emirates

59 of its 255 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. 53 of Dubai's 57 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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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Yemen (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Botswana (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in Armenia (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Puerto Rico (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in Somalia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 27,201 stories about harm among 119,715 counted on 19 May.

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Saudi Arabia's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%. of the day's 119,715 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. On 19 May 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo89 in 100 of its 272 stories · usually 79 · mostly health Cuba85 in 100 of its 1,570 stories · usually 23 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria80 in 100 of its 209 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador80 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 33 · mostly conflict & violence Israel75 in 100 of its 1,967 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel548 stories about protests or strikes, of its 856 Washington US179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1003 Moscow Russia130 stories about protests or strikes, of its 245 Riyadh Saudi Arabia108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174 Denver US98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: 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: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sBelize: 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'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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little warmer than 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 a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMongolia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNew Caledonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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 one and a half times as warm 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

● Sri Lanka about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 113 stories about harm ● Congo about three times as fearful as the world's · 242 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 1,471 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 96 stories about harm ● France about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 281 stories about harm ● Indonesia about twice as fearful as the world's · 61 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 7,459 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Disasters & accidents22% 6,009 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence19% 5,119 stories · about as usual Health16% 4,398 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,195 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 806 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 459 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 325 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 killed10,784 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people injured5,024 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba Stories reporting people affected4,181 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba Stories reporting arrests3,644 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations876 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees200 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions175 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting people displaced157 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill58 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan

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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