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The day's news pointed at oil spill in Sri Lanka, evacuations in China and protests in Minsk (Belarus). Belarus' coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 49 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSri Lanka 64 in 100 of its 256 stories, usually 38
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

163 of its 256 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Colombo accounted for 122 of Sri Lanka's 163 stories about harm, carried by 273 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Oil spill was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Health

China

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Flu was named in 91 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with bird flu. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

China over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

Minsk accounted for 65 of Belarus' 89 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. 35 of Minsk's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Iran

197 of its 370 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (69 stories).

its stories →
Health

Zambia

16 of its 37 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Health

Canada

Tuberculosis was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Philippines

Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (21 stories). Tropical storm was named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, landslides and storms.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

6 of Bogota's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Tunisia

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Philippines (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Israel (49 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Jamaica (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Canada (25 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); heatwave in UK (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Jun. 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 20,898 stories about harm among 91,526 counted on 2 Jun.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 26 February 2020. of the day's 91,526 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 25. the news turned to Sri Lanka for the second day running. Mentions of oil spill ran about 5 times their usual in Sri Lanka's news. On 2 June 2020, a year earlier, the share was 36 in every 100, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sri Lanka64 in 100 of its 256 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 224 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq58 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Syria57 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Belarus57 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 751 Tulsa US90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186 Jerusalem Israel53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 Moscow Russia40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 108 Minsk Belarus35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 65

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: 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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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'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'sRomania: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 angry as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: 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'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: 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 twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJersey: 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

● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as angry as the world's · 378 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 131 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 370 stories about harm ● Syria about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 78 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health49% 10,217 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 4,253 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents10% 2,058 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 2,052 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 761 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 588 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 504 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 258 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 killed5,198 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,612 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,504 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured978 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting refugees139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions129 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced104 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations95 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting people falling ill23 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 softer 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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