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22,840 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Brasilia (Brazil), illness in Tokyo and arrests in Honduras drew the news. Burkina Faso's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 71 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostBrazil 64 in 100 of its 291 stories, usually 48
RegionCentral Asia 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Brazil

186 of its 291 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 18 of Brasilia's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Plague was named in 13 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.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Brasilia stories →
Health

Japan

339 of its 783 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tokyo accounted for 241 of Japan's 339 stories about harm, carried by 701 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (145 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Japan over 30 days → its stories → Tokyo stories →
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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

123 of its 234 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 33 of Causeway Bay's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Health

Malaysia

126 of its 259 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (36 stories).

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Health

Palestine

70 of its 104 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Health

Suriname

10 of its 12 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Health

Montenegro

14 of its 15 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

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Health

Tunisia

19 of its 29 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in New Zealand (103 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Pakistan (39 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); malaria in Switzerland (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Australia (38 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

33 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 22,840 stories about harm among 68,887 counted on 25 May.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 33 in every 100 of the day's 68,887 stories, below the usual 35. On 26 May 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 33 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria74 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine67 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 51 · mostly health Kashmir67 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh66 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 59 · mostly health Afghanistan66 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beijing China136 stories about protests or strikes, of its 377 Washington US103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 847 London UK34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 447 Causeway Bay Hong Kong33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 42 Delhi India33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 434

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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'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'sTunisia: 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'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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 readNorway: 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 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'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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUS: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: 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'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little angrier 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sOman: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little angrier 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'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than 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'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAmerican Samoa: 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

● Hong Kong about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 82 stories about harm ● New Zealand about twice as fearful as the world's · 271 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 95 stories about harm ● Libya few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 42 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health71% 15,975 stories · much less than usual (usually 76%) Rights & justice9% 1,973 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,772 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Conflict & violence5% 1,196 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 820 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 473 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 239 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 194 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 killed7,137 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,612 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured965 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations125 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions82 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees75 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Türkiye and the US Stories reporting people displaced68 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill47 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.