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38,495 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Managua (Nicaragua), violence in Tripoli and rights and justice in Lima drew the news. Libya's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 54 in 100 of its 1,056 stories, usually 24
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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

Nicaragua

102 of its 120 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Managua accounted for 81 of Nicaragua's 102 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. 59 of Managua's 81 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories → Managua stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

331 of its 396 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Tripoli accounted for 312 of Libya's 331 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (234 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Peru

412 of its 817 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Lima accounted for 340 of Peru's 412 stories about harm, carried by 276 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (169 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Portugal

221 of its 572 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (84 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.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

569 of its 1,056 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 176 of Riyadh's 236 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

57 of its 80 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Yangon accounted for 51 of Myanmar's 57 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. 47 of Yangon's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (50 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

38 of its 139 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. 7 of Manama's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Denmark

70 of its 373 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Cholera was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 251 of Sudan's 393 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. 209 of Khartoum's 251 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Heatstroke was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Guinea

17 of its 29 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 9 of Conakry's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in Japan (112 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Denmark (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Congo (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Israel (72 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Pakistan (40 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 17 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 38,495 stories about harm among 201,594 counted on 17 Apr.

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Mentions of respiratory illness ran more than ten times their usual in Japan's news. of the day's 201,594 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Nicaragua for the second day running. On 17 April 2018, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 today. In Nicaragua, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 75% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo86 in 100 of its 129 stories · usually 68 · mostly disasters & accidents Nicaragua85 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 75 · mostly rights & justice Libya84 in 100 of its 396 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia77 in 100 of its 257 stories · usually 69 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Myanmar71 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK444 stories about protests or strikes, of its 771 Denver US286 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2515 Khartoum Sudan209 stories about protests or strikes, of its 251 Riyadh Saudi Arabia176 stories about protests or strikes, of its 236 Washington US140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 985

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: 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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: 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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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: 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 readCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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 readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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 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'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: 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'sBulgaria: 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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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 readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sCook 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuam: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Rwanda few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Libya about twice as angry as the world's · 331 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 253 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 175 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as fearful as the world's · 151 stories about harm ● Nicaragua about twice as fearful as the world's · 102 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 11,314 stories · about as usual Health22% 8,290 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 6,694 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 5,359 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,570 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,339 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,320 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 923 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 killed11,547 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,113 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,900 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,346 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Libya Stories reporting refugees706 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Saudi Arabia Stories reporting people displaced345 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions298 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations146 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill120 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Congo

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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The words in the day's stories were much 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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