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30,586 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Lisbon (Portugal), power cuts in Oman and violence in Bogota drew the news. Oman's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostPortugal 57 in 100 of its 182 stories, usually 15
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 37 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

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Protests & strikes

Portugal

104 of its 182 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Lisbon accounted for 94 of Portugal's 104 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. 87 of Lisbon's 94 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Oman

151 of its 230 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Salalah accounted for 127 of Oman's 151 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Power cuts were named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Oman over 30 days → its stories → Salalah stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

469 of its 663 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Bogota accounted for 316 of Colombia's 469 stories about harm, carried by 340 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (114 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Health

New Zealand

508 of its 1,298 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (186 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

New Zealand over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Albania

33 of its 61 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 18 of Tirana's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (22 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Ethiopia

55 of its 77 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Brazil

219 of its 495 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 73 of Rio de Janeiro's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (64 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Tunisia

40 of its 63 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Palestine

654 of its 1,058 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Ramallah accounted for 465 of Palestine's 654 stories about harm, carried by 206 outlets. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Bangladesh

318 of its 633 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (76 stories). Road crashes were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Micronesia (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Uganda (21 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hurricane in US (1543 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in China (64 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Mexico (24 of its stories, about 5 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 28 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 30,586 stories about harm among 134,057 counted on 28 May.

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Portugal's news was 57% about people being harmed, against a usual 15%. In Micronesia's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 28 May 2017, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. 23 in every 100 of the day's 134,057 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo82 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 85 · mostly health Nicaragua82 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen78 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Syria76 in 100 of its 411 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia71 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Philadelphia US301 stories about protests or strikes, of its 450 Thoothukudi India158 stories about protests or strikes, of its 204 Washington US148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 630 Lisbon Portugal87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 94 Jerusalem Israel80 stories about protests or strikes, of its 352

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: 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 readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSingapore: 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 readRomania: 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 readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: 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'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: 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: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'sBhutan: 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'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readWestern 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: 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'sZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMicronesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than 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 grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sOman: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMoldova: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAngola: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: 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 twice as fearful 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

● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 313 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as warm as the world's · 469 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 144 stories about harm ● Oman about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 151 stories about harm ● France about twice as fearful as the world's · 440 stories about harm ● Vietnam about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 134 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents27% 7,995 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Rights & justice24% 7,121 stories · much less than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence18% 5,385 stories · about as usual Health18% 5,336 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,478 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,023 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 883 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 749 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 killed9,443 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,340 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting arrests3,872 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,051 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced443 at about twice the usual rate · most about Colombia and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations430 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting refugees422 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions315 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill68 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.

● Angera little less than 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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