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The news turned to rights and justice in Guatemala City, protests in Managua (Nicaragua) and people killed in Austria. Guatemala's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBermuda 70 in 100 of its 254 stories, usually 17
RegionOceania 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Guatemala

136 of its 170 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Guatemala City accounted for 87 of Guatemala's 136 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (100 stories). Flu was named in 99 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories → Guatemala City stories →
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

77 of its 86 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Managua accounted for 63 of Nicaragua's 77 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. 63 of Managua's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (72 stories).

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories → Managua stories →
Health

Austria

365 of its 901 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (315 stories). Flu was named in 42 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.

Austria over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Indonesia

309 of its 699 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Jakarta accounted for 241 of Indonesia's 309 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (239 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Oman

84 of its 167 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Honduras

38 of its 46 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Plane crash was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

New Zealand

666 of its 1,471 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (139 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Somalia

107 of its 156 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

North Korea

82 of its 209 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 31 of Pyongyang's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

292 of its 383 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Idlib accounted for 150 of Syria's 292 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Bermuda (173 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Honduras (29 of its stories, about three times its usual); hiv in Malawi (34 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Germany (47 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in Canada (138 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 34,474 stories about harm among 191,351 counted on 21 May.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Guatemala. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 191,351 stories, below the usual 19. Guatemala's news was 80% about people being harmed, against a usual 43%. On 21 May 2018, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua90 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Guatemala80 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Syria76 in 100 of its 383 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Bermuda70 in 100 of its 254 stories · usually 17 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia69 in 100 of its 156 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Olympia US227 stories about protests or strikes, of its 238 Tehran Iran198 stories about protests or strikes, of its 524 Washington US190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1027 San Diego US129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 219 Tripoli Libya104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 288

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: 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'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 readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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'sFrance: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: 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 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTajikistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: 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'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than 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'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer 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 about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIceland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBhutan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMonaco: 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

● New Zealand about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 666 stories about harm ● DR Congo few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 25 stories about harm ● Austria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 365 stories about harm ● Oman about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Libya about twice as angry as the world's · 299 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 292 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 9,859 stories · about as usual Health22% 7,552 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 5,809 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents17% 5,681 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,191 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,153 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 857 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 711 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 killed9,267 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests4,611 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,272 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,998 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions462 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees399 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced296 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations239 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Russia and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill47 at about half 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 →

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The words in the day's stories were about as 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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