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11,775 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Jerusalem (Israel), violence in Kabul and people injured in Nigeria drew the news. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 53 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMaldives 86 in 100 of its 56 stories, usually 27
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 36
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Israel

315 of its 470 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Jerusalem accounted for 287 of Israel's 315 stories about harm, carried by 478 outlets. 188 of Jerusalem's 287 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

188 of its 248 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Kabul accounted for 140 of Afghanistan's 188 stories about harm, carried by 300 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

293 of its 665 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Maldives

48 of its 56 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Algeria

18 of its 19 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Algiers accounted for 12 of Algeria's 18 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. 7 of Algiers' 12 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Protests & strikes

Colombia

41 of its 59 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 13 of Bogota's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Trinidad & Tobago

34 of its 78 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

Tunisia

16 of its 25 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tunis accounted for 13 of Tunisia's 16 stories about harm, carried by 5 outlets.

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Health

India

1,410 of its 3,247 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Flu was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: flu in Ireland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in India (35 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in UK (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 11,775 stories about harm among 45,943 counted on 8 May.

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Ireland's news mentioned the flu more than ten times as often as usual. 26 in every 100 of the day's 45,943 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 8 May 2020, 33 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today. Israel stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 43%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Maldives86 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 27 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan76 in 100 of its 248 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia69 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice Israel67 in 100 of its 470 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Thailand50 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 42 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 287 Washington US88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 449 Delhi India14 stories about protests or strikes, of its 354 Los Angeles US14 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78 Bogota Colombia13 stories about protests or strikes, of its 14

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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'sNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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: 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: too little coverage to readChagos 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: 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'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than 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 three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 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 angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMaldives: 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 three times as angry as the world's · 188 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 315 stories about harm ● Brazil about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as angry as the world's · 293 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 27 stories about harm ● Colombia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 41 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health53% 6,142 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 2,185 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,179 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 911 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 609 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 274 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 247 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 118 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 killed3,543 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured972 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting arrests955 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected748 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions131 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees49 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced48 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations43 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill10 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 harsher 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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