Most of the day's attention went to illness in Dhaka, protests in Macao and violence in Kabul. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was harsher than usual.
173 of its 258 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Dhaka accounted for 82 of Bangladesh's 173 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tripoli accounted for 32 of Libya's 55 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual:
heavy rain in India (105 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (33 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 36,245 stories about harm among 114,117 counted on 28 May.
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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 12 March 2020. Mentions of heavy rain ran about three times their usual in India's news. On 29 May 2019, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 32 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 32 in every 100 of the day's 114,117 stories, below the usual 34.
32 in every 100 of the day's 114,117 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 34).
Bangladesh: 173 of its 258 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%.
Macao: 9 of its 13 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%.
Afghanistan: Kabul accounted for 68 of Afghanistan's 113 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets.
Myanmar: Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
Mentions of heavy rain ran about three times their usual in India's news.
Mentions of the hunger ran about 6 times their usual in Nigeria's news.
Across the world, the words of the day's news were harsher than usual.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 12 March 2020.
A year earlier, on 29 May 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 32 today.
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