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47,548 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Brussels, protests in Somalia and people killed in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBelgium 80 in 100 of its 1,116 stories, usually 25
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 45 in 100 of its stories, usually 40
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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Conflict & violence

Belgium

891 of its 1,116 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Brussels accounted for 611 of Belgium's 891 stories about harm, carried by 582 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (129 stories). Plague was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories → Brussels stories →
Protests & strikes

Somalia

104 of its 146 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. 11 of Somalia's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Somaliland stories →
Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

301 of its 363 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (277 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Puerto Rico over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Albania

25 of its 49 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Albania over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

469 of its 879 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kiev accounted for 426 of Ukraine's 469 stories about harm, carried by 649 outlets. Plane crash was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

119 of its 151 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Hodeida accounted for 86 of Yemen's 119 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

121 of its 145 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Managua accounted for 82 of Nicaragua's 121 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. 77 of Managua's 82 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mozambique

129 of its 153 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Mocimboa da Praia accounted for 82 of Mozambique's 129 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

85 of its 142 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 41 of Addis Ababa's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

120 of its 257 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 37 of Caracas' 69 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in South Sudan (21 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drought in Nepal (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Russia (192 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in France (111 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Poland (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 47,548 stories about harm among 224,821 counted on 30 May.

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Belgium stood out: 80% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 25%. 21 in every 100 of the day's 224,821 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Belgium. On 30 May 2017, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic89 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 82 · mostly rights & justice Mozambique84 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua83 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 75 · mostly rights & justice Puerto Rico83 in 100 of its 363 stories · usually 49 · mostly disasters & accidents Belgium80 in 100 of its 1,116 stories · usually 25 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US423 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1789 Jerusalem Israel278 stories about protests or strikes, of its 784 Ramallah Palestine180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 276 Martinsville US127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 142 Netivot Israel126 stories about protests or strikes, of its 324

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: 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'sSaudi Arabia: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: 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'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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'sGuernsey: 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVanuatu: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about 4 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 4 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 angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice 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'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLatvia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as 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

● Mali about twice as warm as the world's · 89 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 704 stories about harm ● Finland few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Ukraine about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 469 stories about harm ● Belgium about three times as angry as the world's · 891 stories about harm ● Puerto Rico about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 301 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 15,373 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence18% 8,322 stories · about as usual Health18% 8,279 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 8,007 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,109 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,526 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,153 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 927 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 killed14,601 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,288 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,774 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,222 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations750 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions668 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees589 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting people displaced414 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill46 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 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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