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The day's news pointed at protests in Caracas (Venezuela), heavy rain in Cyprus and the drought in Panama. Cyprus' coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPanama 57 in 100 of its 125 stories, usually 16
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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

Venezuela

1,222 of its 2,489 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Caracas accounted for 1,047 of Venezuela's 1,222 stories about harm, carried by 1,023 outlets. 974 of Caracas' 1,047 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (130 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Cyprus

95 of its 131 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Mitsero accounted for 69 of Cyprus' 95 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Heavy rain was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Cyprus over 30 days → its stories → Mitsero stories →
Disasters & accidents

Panama

71 of its 125 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. the Panama Canal accounted for 68 of Panama's 71 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. Drought was named in 66 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms and heavy rain.

Panama over 30 days → its stories → Panama Canal stories →
Rights & justice

Australia

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Accidents were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Australia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Cuba

46 of its 157 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Honduras

22 of its 78 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 16 of Tegucigalpa's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Ukraine

6 of Crimea's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Outbreaks were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with measles and dengue.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Mexico

45 of Huixtla's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). HIV was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Health

Denmark

64 of its 198 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (38 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

213 of its 336 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Japan (129 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in Russia (104 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in North Korea (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Ukraine (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (216 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 40,359 stories about harm among 203,028 counted on 30 Apr.

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In Panama's news, mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 203,028 stories, as usual. Venezuela's news was 49% about people being harmed, against a usual 41%. A year earlier, on 30 April 2018, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique91 in 100 of its 370 stories · usually 86 · mostly disasters & accidents Burkina Faso84 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Sri Lanka84 in 100 of its 1,187 stories · usually 82 · mostly conflict & violence Congo75 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 71 · mostly health Cyprus73 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 42 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Caracas Venezuela974 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1047 Washington US519 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1833 Long Beach US192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 575 South Bend US191 stories about protests or strikes, of its 221 Poway US188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1525

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'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: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: 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'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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 readBritish 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than 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'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAnguilla: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little warmer 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

● Armenia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 185 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as fearful as the world's · 161 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 183 stories about harm ● Libya about twice as angry as the world's · 115 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 10,982 stories · about as usual Health22% 8,917 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence20% 8,082 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 6,038 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,567 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,106 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,048 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 974 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 killed12,576 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,520 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,482 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,579 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees626 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions326 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced196 at about half the usual rate · most about Libya and the US Stories reporting evacuations175 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill135 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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