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36,810 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Gaza (Palestine), a disaster in Kokopo and violence in Tongo Tongo drew the news. Palestine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPapua New Guinea 76 in 100 of its 184 stories, usually 38
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

Palestine

199 of its 380 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Gaza accounted for 123 of Palestine's 199 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. 94 of Gaza's 123 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

140 of its 184 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kokopo accounted for 108 of Papua New Guinea's 140 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (95 stories). Heavy rain was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

Papua New Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Kokopo stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

40 of its 47 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Tongo Tongo accounted for 31 of Niger's 40 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Tongo Tongo stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Sudan

243 of its 424 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Khartoum accounted for 195 of Sudan's 243 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. 188 of Khartoum's 195 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (144 stories).

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Conflict & violence

New Zealand

539 of its 1,379 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Meningitis was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

141 of its 181 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Hodeida accounted for 81 of Yemen's 141 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

347 of its 778 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Oil spill was named in 58 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Nepal

129 of its 328 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (95 stories). Avalanche was named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

France

661 of its 2,366 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (480 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Nepal (88 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Fiji (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); oil spill in Saudi Arabia (58 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in Ghana (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Germany (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 36,810 stories about harm among 199,169 counted on 15 May.

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In Nepal's news, mentions of the avalanche ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 199,169 stories, below the usual 20. A year earlier, on 15 May 2018, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. In Palestine, 52% of the news was about people being harmed, where 42% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen78 in 100 of its 181 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea76 in 100 of its 184 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Sri Lanka71 in 100 of its 598 stories · usually 84 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia69 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia67 in 100 of its 239 stories · usually 56 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Alabama US796 stories about protests or strikes, of its 963 Washington US221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1422 Khartoum Sudan188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 195 Bedford Hills US153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 412 Philadelphia US128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 284

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sCayman 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'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'sSweden: 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'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: 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'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: 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'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'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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'sMarshall 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 readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than 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 about twice as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sComoros: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBenin: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVatican City: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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

● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 153 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 136 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 347 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Poland about twice as angry as the world's · 111 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about twice as fearful as the world's · 425 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 10,356 stories · about as usual Health23% 8,199 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Conflict & violence19% 6,937 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 5,548 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,466 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,108 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 744 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 655 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 killed10,993 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,056 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,910 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured3,155 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sri Lanka Stories reporting refugees452 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced330 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions317 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations147 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting people falling ill79 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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
● 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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