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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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
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.

its stories →
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

usually 21; 22 the day before
24 in 10019 in 10029 Apr6 May13 May20 May28 May29 Apr: 21 in 10030 Apr: 20 in 1001 May: 19 in 1002 May: 19 in 1003 May: 20 in 1004 May: 20 in 1005 May: 23 in 1006 May: 24 in 1007 May: 22 in 1008 May: 20 in 1009 May: 20 in 10010 May: 21 in 10011 May: 20 in 10012 May: 22 in 10013 May: 24 in 10014 May: 22 in 10015 May: 22 in 10016 May: 20 in 10017 May: 21 in 10018 May: 22 in 10019 May: 23 in 10020 May: 23 in 10021 May: 21 in 10022 May: 20 in 10023 May: 19 in 10024 May: 20 in 10025 May: 21 in 10026 May: 22 in 10027 May: 22 in 10028 May: 23 in 100 · this day

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.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPhilippines: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessPakistan: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIran: near the world's share or lessIndonesia: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: no storiesCanada: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: near the world's share or lessMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: near the world's share or lessSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: near the world's share or lessYemen: 78 in 100 of its 120 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Micronesia: 89 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)US: 30 in 100 of its 35,477 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Uganda: 41 in 100 of its 190 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Tunisia: 63 in 100 of its 63 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Trinidad & Tobago: 35 in 100 of its 113 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Syria: 76 in 100 of its 411 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)South Sudan: 41 in 100 of its 34 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Sudan: 51 in 100 of its 98 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Sri Lanka: 37 in 100 of its 272 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Somalia: 48 in 100 of its 97 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Sierra Leone: 44 in 100 of its 66 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Rwanda: 33 in 100 of its 85 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Portugal: 57 in 100 of its 182 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Oman: 66 in 100 of its 230 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Niger: 50 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Nicaragua: 82 in 100 of its 65 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)New Zealand: 39 in 100 of its 1,298 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Nepal: 31 in 100 of its 182 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Mexico: 35 in 100 of its 481 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Mali: 45 in 100 of its 104 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Libya: 36 in 100 of its 129 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Lebanon: 31 in 100 of its 147 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kenya: 31 in 100 of its 653 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Israel: 49 in 100 of its 1,897 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 62 in 100 of its 1,058 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Iraq: 39 in 100 of its 174 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Guinea: 45 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Guatemala: 82 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Germany: 33 in 100 of its 1,131 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Ethiopia: 71 in 100 of its 77 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Djibouti: 91 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)DR Congo: 87 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Congo: 82 in 100 of its 142 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Colombia: 71 in 100 of its 663 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Central African Republic: 83 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Cameroon: 44 in 100 of its 80 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Myanmar: 44 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Brazil: 44 in 100 of its 495 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Bangladesh: 50 in 100 of its 633 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Albania: 54 in 100 of its 61 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Afghanistan: 50 in 100 of its 357 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 56 in 100 of its 255 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 62 in 100 of its 1,058 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 62 in 100 of its 1,058 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 56 in 100 of its 255 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 56 in 100 of its 255 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 62 in 100 of its 1,058 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 56 in 100 of its 255 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 23 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Syria 76 in 100 of its 411 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Colombia 71 in 100 of its 663 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Congo 82 in 100 of its 142 stories · mostly health ● Yemen 78 in 100 of its 120 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 62 in 100 of its 1,058 stories · mostly health ● Oman 66 in 100 of its 230 stories · mostly disasters & accidents

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

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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