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34,986 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Managua (Nicaragua), violence in Tehran and storms in Nepal. Nicaragua's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNicaragua 89 in 100 of its 123 stories, usually 54
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
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

Nicaragua

110 of its 123 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Managua accounted for 99 of Nicaragua's 110 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. 78 of Managua's 99 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Iran

1,037 of its 2,110 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tehran accounted for 936 of Iran's 1,037 stories about harm, carried by 868 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Health

Nepal

140 of its 256 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Storms were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Taiwan

352 of its 846 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 231 of Taipei's 293 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (49 stories). Heavy rain was named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

145 of its 174 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Sanaa accounted for 107 of Yemen's 145 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Cuba

70 of its 178 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Drownings were named in 43 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Croatia

47 of its 77 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 43 of Zagreb's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Morocco

65 of its 138 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 27 of Rabat's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (29 stories).

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Rights & justice

South Korea

151 of its 540 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (45 stories). Drought was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with hunger.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Cuba (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in North Korea (22 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drought in South Korea (32 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); hiv in Pakistan (60 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Taiwan (45 of its stories, more than ten 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 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 34,986 stories about harm among 187,369 counted on 17 May.

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Mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual in Cuba's news. of the day's 187,369 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. Nicaragua stood out: 89% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 54%. On 17 May 2018, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua89 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Burkina Faso88 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen83 in 100 of its 174 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Mali71 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan70 in 100 of its 261 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US466 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1691 Taipei Taiwan231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 293 Missouri US146 stories about protests or strikes, of its 637 Moscow Russia123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 295 Beijing China102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 356

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'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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 readThailand: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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 readSierra 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'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'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: 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: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'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'sChile: 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'sMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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 readAksai 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'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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer 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 angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: 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 a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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 warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMarshall Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Burkina Faso about three times as fearful as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Croatia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 271 stories about harm ● Nicaragua about twice as fearful as the world's · 110 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● Nepal about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 140 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 9,746 stories · about as usual Health26% 8,886 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Conflict & violence18% 6,294 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents12% 4,018 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,551 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,576 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 860 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 560 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 killed10,483 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,435 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,060 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,100 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees492 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions423 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced288 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations139 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Brazil Stories reporting people falling ill46 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nepal

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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