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The day's news pointed at the cyclone in Syria, arrests in el Salvador and protests in Beirut (Lebanon). Syria's coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 80 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostSyria 83 in 100 of its 150 stories, usually 70
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Syria

125 of its 150 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Afrin accounted for 65 of Syria's 125 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Cyclone was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane and flooding. Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Afrin stories →
Health

El Salvador

27 of its 33 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

El Salvador over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Norway

69 of its 173 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Yemen

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Flooding was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Zimbabwe

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Malaria was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

North Korea

Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (19 stories). Poisoning was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Brazil

13 of Rio de Janeiro's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Egypt

109 of its 195 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in Yemen (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in North Korea (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Iran (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Zimbabwe (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Nigeria (59 of its stories, about three times its usual).

37 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 40; 37 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 42,926 stories about harm among 117,333 counted on 28 Apr.

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The news turned to Syria for the second day running. 37 in every 100 of the day's 117,333 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 40. On 29 April 2019, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 37 today. Syria stood out: 83% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 70%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria83 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen76 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 74 · mostly health Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 68 · mostly health Somalia69 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda63 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 65 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2128 Delhi India55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 573 London UK51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 766 Staten Island US51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 323 Beirut Lebanon49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vanuatu: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: 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'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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: 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: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sZambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMongolia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGabon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Syria about 4 times as angry as the world's · 125 stories about harm ● Lebanon about three times as angry as the world's · 135 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● Chad few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 16 stories about harm ● Rwanda few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 163 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health80% 34,284 stories · less than usual (usually 82%) Rights & justice7% 2,799 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents5% 1,951 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence3% 1,096 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given2% 968 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 832 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 423 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 352 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 killed11,628 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,874 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,873 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,492 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees213 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations168 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced150 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill147 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions87 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 much 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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