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What the world's news said happened to people.
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24,008 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Caracas (Venezuela), storm surge in Oman and road crashes in Uganda. Yemen's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostOman 75 in 100 of its 346 stories, usually 36
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

716 of its 1,209 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Caracas accounted for 699 of Venezuela's 716 stories about harm, carried by 622 outlets. 668 of Caracas' 699 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (682 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Disasters & accidents

Oman

260 of its 346 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Salalah accounted for 244 of Oman's 260 stories about harm, carried by 212 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (182 stories). Storm surge was named in 90 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Oman over 30 days → its stories → Salalah stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Uganda

72 of its 139 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Road crashes were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with ebola. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

179 of its 224 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Sanaa accounted for 99 of Yemen's 179 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Lebanon

96 of its 161 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Beirut accounted for 79 of Lebanon's 96 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. 72 of Beirut's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Germany

219 of its 765 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 118 of Berlin's 134 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (106 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Ethiopia

125 of its 192 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Albania

46 of its 62 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 18 of Tirana's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Cameroon

63 of its 76 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

307 of its 541 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Bogota accounted for 218 of Colombia's 307 stories about harm, carried by 173 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Puerto Rico (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); respiratory illness in Palestine (122 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Bulgaria (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Mexico (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in US (1343 of its stories, about 6 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 27 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 24,008 stories about harm among 109,860 counted on 27 May.

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Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about three times the usual rate. 22 in every 100 of the day's 109,860 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Venezuela, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual. A year earlier, on 27 May 2017, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. This week the news turned most often to Oman, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 4 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo90 in 100 of its 172 stories · usually 85 · mostly health Cameroon83 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Syria82 in 100 of its 390 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen80 in 100 of its 224 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Oman75 in 100 of its 346 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Caracas Venezuela668 stories about protests or strikes, of its 699 Berlin Germany118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 Washington US117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 753 Jerusalem Israel108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 396 Dublin Ireland105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 272

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'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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'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'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: too little coverage to readThailand: 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'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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'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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNiue: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: 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'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: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFinland: 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'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: 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 angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: 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 about twice as warm 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 warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMonaco: 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

● Türkiye few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 179 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as warm as the world's · 307 stories about harm ● Russia about three times as angry as the world's · 293 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 198 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 319 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 6,502 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Disasters & accidents23% 5,523 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence19% 4,478 stories · about as usual Health17% 3,985 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,358 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 730 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 522 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 407 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 killed7,511 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,621 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Spain Stories reporting arrests3,131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,099 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees396 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations237 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced189 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions185 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill64 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 softer than 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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