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41,984 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to illness in Banjul, protests in Managua (Nicaragua) and arrests in Romania. Nicaragua's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostGambia 68 in 100 of its 212 stories, usually 23
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Health

Gambia

145 of its 212 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Banjul accounted for 135 of the Gambia's 145 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (123 stories). HIV was named in 134 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories → Banjul stories →
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

319 of its 350 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Managua accounted for 283 of Nicaragua's 319 stories about harm, carried by 222 outlets. 242 of Managua's 283 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (112 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories → Managua stories →
Rights & justice

Romania

171 of its 419 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Drownings were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Romania over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 231 of Syria's 476 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (83 stories). Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
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Rights & justice

Lithuania

50 of its 97 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Bolivia

49 of its 82 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (47 stories). 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.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

206 of its 393 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Brussels accounted for 147 of Belgium's 206 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Finland

75 of its 285 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Guatemala

38 of its 93 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 156 of Afghanistan's 255 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hiv in Chile (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Mexico (35 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in South Sudan (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Myanmar (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Ukraine (27 of its stories, about three times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 41,984 stories about harm among 213,317 counted on 31 May.

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The Gambia's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. In the Gambia's news, mentions of HIV ran more than ten times their usual. On 31 May 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 20 today. 20 in every 100 of the day's 213,317 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua91 in 100 of its 350 stories · usually 76 · mostly rights & justice Puerto Rico73 in 100 of its 348 stories · usually 53 · mostly disasters & accidents Gambia68 in 100 of its 212 stories · usually 23 · mostly health Syria68 in 100 of its 701 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 379 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Managua Nicaragua242 stories about protests or strikes, of its 283 Washington US224 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2336 Las Vegas US195 stories about protests or strikes, of its 286 Jerusalem Israel187 stories about protests or strikes, of its 545 Hollywood US172 stories about protests or strikes, of its 531

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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'sQatar: 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'sPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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'sMexico: 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'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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 readFiji: 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'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: 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'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBolivia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 about one and a half times as fearful as 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

● Ukraine about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 185 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 91 stories about harm ● Belgium about twice as angry as the world's · 206 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 255 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Nicaragua about twice as angry as the world's · 319 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 13,490 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Health21% 8,795 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 7,303 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 5,686 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,498 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,527 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,012 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 858 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 killed11,661 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,846 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected4,707 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,410 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nicaragua Stories reporting refugees608 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions331 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations321 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people displaced312 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill31 at about a third of 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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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