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10,974 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Jerusalem (Israel), violence in Kabul and illness in Ndjamena. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 54 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 86 in 100 of its 305 stories, usually 62
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 36
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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Protests & strikes

Israel

382 of its 646 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Jerusalem accounted for 333 of Israel's 382 stories about harm, carried by 411 outlets. 239 of Jerusalem's 333 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (247 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

262 of its 305 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Kabul accounted for 213 of Afghanistan's 262 stories about harm, carried by 419 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (180 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Health

Chad

37 of its 58 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Ndjamena accounted for 28 of Chad's 37 stories about harm, carried by 340 outlets. Covid was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Chad over 30 days → its stories → Ndjamena stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guinea

10 of its 13 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 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.

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

Maldives

32 of its 47 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

10 of its 12 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Brazil

4 of Jacarezinho's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 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

Laos

16 of its 19 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Vientiane accounted for 16 of Laos' 16 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

27 of its 32 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Nepal

43 of its 65 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Kathmandu accounted for 24 of Nepal's 43 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Australia (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in UK (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 26 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 10,974 stories about harm among 41,217 counted on 9 May.

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Mentions of Covid ran more than ten times their usual in Chad's news. of the day's 41,217 news stories, 27 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 25. the news turned to Israel for the second day running. A year earlier, on 9 May 2020, 36 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 today. In Israel, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 44% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Colombia, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan86 in 100 of its 305 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal66 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 51 · mostly health Chad64 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 54 · mostly health Israel59 in 100 of its 646 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh52 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 48 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel239 stories about protests or strikes, of its 333 Boston US61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 100 Washington US55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 370 Kabul Afghanistan26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213 Times Square US20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 105

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: no storiesUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: no storiesU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: no storiesTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSudan: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomalia: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: no storiesPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: no storiesOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessPalestine: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: no storiesEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: no storiesCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: no storiesCape Verde: no storiesCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessMyanmar: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessGaza: near the world's share or lessWest Bank: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessEast Jerusalem: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: no storiesCook Islands: no storiesAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: no storiesNorfolk Island: near the world's share or lessSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 84 in 100 of its 32 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Vietnam: 36 in 100 of its 125 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Tunisia: 46 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Trinidad & Tobago: 49 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Thailand: 44 in 100 of its 90 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Syria: 52 in 100 of its 71 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)South Sudan: 83 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Romania: 61 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Philippines: 39 in 100 of its 327 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Pakistan: 34 in 100 of its 436 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Nigeria: 43 in 100 of its 743 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Nepal: 66 in 100 of its 65 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Laos: 84 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Kuwait: 49 in 100 of its 39 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Israel: 59 in 100 of its 646 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Iraq: 48 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Iran: 43 in 100 of its 101 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Indonesia: 43 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)India: 44 in 100 of its 2,845 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Guinea: 77 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Ethiopia: 65 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Egypt: 42 in 100 of its 101 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Colombia: 56 in 100 of its 36 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Chad: 64 in 100 of its 58 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Cambodia: 50 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Bangladesh: 52 in 100 of its 138 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Afghanistan: 86 in 100 of its 305 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Kashmir: 52 in 100 of its 83 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Kashmir: 52 in 100 of its 83 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Kashmir: 52 in 100 of its 83 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Kashmir: 52 in 100 of its 83 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Maldives: 68 in 100 of its 47 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 27 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Afghanistan 86 in 100 of its 305 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Israel 59 in 100 of its 646 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Nepal 66 in 100 of its 65 stories · mostly health ● Chad 64 in 100 of its 58 stories · mostly health ● Bangladesh 52 in 100 of its 138 stories · mostly health ● India 44 in 100 of its 2,845 stories · mostly health

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health54% 5,844 stories · about as usual Rights & justice16% 1,736 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence13% 1,372 stories · more than usual (usually 8%) Disasters & accidents8% 855 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 489 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 222 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 217 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 127 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 killed3,433 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured981 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting arrests824 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected677 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions78 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees56 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced44 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about South Sudan and Somalia Stories reporting evacuations32 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel

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.

● 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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