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The news turned to protests in Nassau (Bahamas), violence in Tripoli and wildfires in Yemen. Libya's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBahamas 47 in 100 of its 196 stories, usually 16
RegionEast Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Bahamas

92 of its 196 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Nassau accounted for 80 of the Bahamas' 92 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. 66 of Nassau's 80 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories).

Bahamas over 30 days → its stories → Nassau stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

273 of its 367 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tripoli accounted for 244 of Libya's 273 stories about harm, carried by 269 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Rights & justice

Yemen

210 of its 276 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (119 stories). Wildfires were named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with diphtheria and measles. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

483 of its 1,542 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Earthquake was named in 196 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tsunami.

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

Belgium

75 of its 278 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Sweden

186 of its 591 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (125 stories). Outbreaks were named in 91 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hiv.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Nepal

100 of its 197 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Plane crash was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Chad

22 of its 51 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Colombia

87 of its 221 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 59 of Cucuta's 70 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Cuba

29 of its 112 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 17 of Havana's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Sweden (91 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Haiti (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); accidents in Venezuela (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tornadoes in US (1252 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); plane crash in Nepal (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 Apr. 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 33,466 stories about harm among 175,434 counted on 15 Apr.

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In the Bahamas, 47% of the news was about people being harmed, where 16% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 175,434 stories, as usual. Mentions of outbreaks ran more than ten times their usual in Sweden's news. On 15 April 2018, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia86 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Congo81 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 67 · mostly health Nicaragua80 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 75 · mostly rights & justice Syria79 in 100 of its 355 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique78 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 89 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US357 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2184 Khartoum Sudan205 stories about protests or strikes, of its 209 London UK174 stories about protests or strikes, of its 625 Paris France78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1195 Ramallah Palestine67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 293

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'sTaiwan: 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'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'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: 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 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: 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'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: 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: 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'sZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTonga: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuernsey: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Ethiopia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 298 stories about harm ● Chad few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 22 stories about harm ● Belgium about three times as fearful as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Libya about twice as angry as the world's · 273 stories about harm ● Poland about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 73 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 210 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 9,024 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Health21% 6,949 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 6,494 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence16% 5,217 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,313 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,387 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 880 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 629 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 killed10,180 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,222 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,021 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,907 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions560 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about New Zealand and Syria Stories reporting refugees406 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced373 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations277 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people falling ill70 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 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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