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The day's news pointed at violence in Kabul, protests in Niksic (Montenegro) and illness in Dubai. Afghanistan's coverage was about 6 times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 77 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBurundi 85 in 100 of its 55 stories, usually 53
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

201 of its 252 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Kabul accounted for 163 of Afghanistan's 201 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Palestine

88 of its 137 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 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.

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Health

Libya

45 of its 65 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Tripoli accounted for 33 of Libya's 45 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Iran

171 of its 298 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

South Sudan

31 of its 43 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

17 of its 19 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Lesotho

20 of its 32 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Poland (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Philippines (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Tanzania (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Switzerland (16 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); poisoning in Mexico (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

33 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 37; 34 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 38,981 stories about harm among 117,552 counted on 14 May.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 13 March 2020. In Poland's news, mentions of oil spill ran more than ten times their usual. the news turned to Afghanistan for the third day running. 33 in every 100 of the day's 117,552 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 37.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi85 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 53 · mostly health Afghanistan80 in 100 of its 252 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen76 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 75 · mostly health Somalia76 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 69 · mostly health Libya69 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 57 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2070 Delhi India41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 463 New York US41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 586 Jerusalem Israel40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173 Michigan US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão 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'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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: 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'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 readCyprus: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: 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: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: 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 a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: 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'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTajikistan: 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 fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMontenegro: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBenin: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about 6 times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: 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

● Afghanistan about 6 times as angry as the world's · 201 stories about harm ● Ethiopia few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Cuba few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Mexico about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 160 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 378 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health77% 29,687 stories · less than usual (usually 79%) Rights & justice8% 3,125 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents5% 1,932 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence3% 1,275 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 1,066 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 807 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 451 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 390 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 killed10,489 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,642 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,918 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,381 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations320 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting refugees222 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced135 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions122 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill110 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 about as 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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