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11,860 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Minsk (Belarus), the earthquake in Rwanda and people killed in Vietnam. Vietnam's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 48 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostVietnam 57 in 100 of its 250 stories, usually 31
RegionSoutheast Asia 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 37
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

Belarus

110 of its 158 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Minsk accounted for 92 of Belarus' 110 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. 53 of Minsk's 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Disasters & accidents

Rwanda

52 of its 60 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Kivu accounted for 28 of Rwanda's 52 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Kivu stories →
Health

Vietnam

143 of its 250 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (95 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

74 of its 114 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 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.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

61 of its 115 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Colombo accounted for 46 of Sri Lanka's 61 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Oil spill was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Health

Saudi Arabia

60 of its 119 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Colombia

62 of its 82 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. 25 of Bogota's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. 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.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

34 of its 70 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 9 of Hong Kong Island's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Nepal

50 of its 76 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Kathmandu accounted for 35 of Nepal's 50 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

DR Congo

11 of its 15 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in New Zealand (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Sri Lanka (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in North Korea (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in DR Congo (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in United Arab Emirates (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

25 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 11,860 stories about harm among 47,980 counted on 29 May.

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Rwanda's news mentioned the earthquake about 4 times as often as usual. 25 in every 100 of the day's 47,980 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 29 May 2020, a year earlier, the share was 32 in every 100, against 25 today. Belarus stood out: 70% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 54%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda87 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Colombia76 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice Belarus70 in 100 of its 158 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Nepal66 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 52 · mostly health Kashmir65 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 374 Minsk Belarus53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 92 London UK53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 200 Tulsa US45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83 Jerusalem Israel34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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'sRussia: 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: feelings about like the world'sPapua 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'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: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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 readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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'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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: 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'sBosnia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Colombia about twice as angry as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 171 stories about harm ● Vietnam about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 143 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 281 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 95 stories about harm ● Kashmir about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 74 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health48% 5,664 stories · less than usual (usually 52%) Rights & justice20% 2,357 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,360 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 1,194 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 550 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 238 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 237 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 126 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 killed3,804 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,031 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected880 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured638 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions87 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees79 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations77 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Rwanda Stories reporting people displaced75 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about China and the US

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
● 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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