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17,445 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Plane crash in Honduras, protests in Khartoum (Sudan) and evacuations in Iran drew the news. Honduras' coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHonduras 85 in 100 of its 190 stories, usually 27
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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Disasters & accidents

Honduras

161 of its 190 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Roatan accounted for 102 of Honduras' 161 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (159 stories). Plane crash was named in 72 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Roatan stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

114 of its 186 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Khartoum accounted for 96 of Sudan's 114 stories about harm, carried by 168 outlets. 96 of Khartoum's 96 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (53 stories).

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

483 of its 1,246 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Outbreaks were named in 105 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. 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 →
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Conflict & violence

Egypt

457 of its 654 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Giza accounted for 430 of Egypt's 457 stories about harm, carried by 660 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (405 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Switzerland

266 of its 477 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Geneva accounted for 192 of Switzerland's 266 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Brazil

69 of its 196 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

33 of its 39 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. 12 of Managua's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Italy

186 of its 683 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 27 of Milan's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

263 of its 481 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Baghdad accounted for 199 of Iraq's 263 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (56 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in New Caledonia (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Japan (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in France (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Israel (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Canada (22 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 17,445 stories about harm among 97,260 counted on 19 May.

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Honduras stood out: 85% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. Mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual in Honduras' news. A year earlier, on 19 May 2018, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 97,260 stories, below the usual 20. This week the news turned most often to Sudan, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Honduras85 in 100 of its 190 stories · usually 27 · mostly disasters & accidents Egypt70 in 100 of its 654 stories · usually 24 · mostly conflict & violence Sri Lanka68 in 100 of its 200 stories · usually 84 · mostly conflict & violence Syria65 in 100 of its 169 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Mali65 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US227 stories about protests or strikes, of its 560 Newark US208 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254 Seattle US110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145 Tel Aviv Israel107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 163 Alabama US107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 165

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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 readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: 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'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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 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: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: 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'sColombia: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: 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 readVatican City: 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice 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'sQatar: 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'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Caledonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: 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

● Honduras about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 161 stories about harm ● Brazil about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 335 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about twice as fearful as the world's · 136 stories about harm ● Libya about twice as angry as the world's · 56 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 4,631 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence26% 4,464 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Health17% 2,932 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents14% 2,428 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 1,449 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services3% 540 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 402 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 327 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 killed5,091 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,852 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,695 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,520 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions340 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees165 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Palestine and the US Stories reporting evacuations127 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iraq and Iran Stories reporting people displaced95 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill6 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about Mexico and the US

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
● Feara little less than 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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