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Violence in Tripoli, volcanic eruption in Vanuatu and arrests in Ukraine drew the news. Libya's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 64 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostUkraine 45 in 100 of its 190 stories, usually 34
RegionCentral Asia 41 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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Conflict & violence

Libya

Tripoli accounted for 32 of Libya's 55 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
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Health

Yemen

43 of its 50 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Sanaa accounted for 26 of Yemen's 43 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets.

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Conflict & violence

Myanmar

20 of its 34 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

South Korea

Seoul accounted for 120 of South Korea's 173 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Ebola was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 53 of Afghanistan's 88 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

US

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (174 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in Kashmir (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); ebola in South Korea (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Ireland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in India (45 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

32 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 34,615 stories about harm among 107,407 counted on 29 May.

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Mentions of volcanic eruption ran about 8 times their usual in Vanuatu's news. On 30 May 2019, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 32 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 32 in every 100 of the day's 107,407 stories, below the usual 34.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen86 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 73 · mostly health Afghanistan73 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia69 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh59 in 100 of its 232 stories · usually 59 · mostly health Sudan58 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 64 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Minneapolis US901 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1056 Washington US410 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1509 Minnesota US287 stories about protests or strikes, of its 443 Beijing China185 stories about protests or strikes, of its 576 Denver US90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 122

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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'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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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 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: too little coverage to readRomania: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: 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: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook 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 more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTonga: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than 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 about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than 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'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: 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

● Hong Kong about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 95 stories about harm ● Libya about twice as angry as the world's · 55 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 88 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 11 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 113 stories about harm ● Rwanda few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 32 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health64% 21,951 stories · much less than usual (usually 74%) Rights & justice19% 6,645 stories · much more than usual (usually 9%) Disasters & accidents6% 2,097 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence4% 1,347 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 987 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 732 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 357 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 263 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 killed8,566 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,917 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected2,219 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,188 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations249 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees131 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions107 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced98 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill82 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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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