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10,290 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to illness in Pyongyang, protests in Jerusalem (Israel) and violence in Istanbul. Israel's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about North Korea and the US →
Part of lifeHealth 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNorth Korea 91 in 100 of its 135 stories, usually 29
RegionEast Asia 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Health

North Korea

123 of its 135 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Pyongyang accounted for 81 of North Korea's 123 stories about harm, carried by 318 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Overdoses were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

209 of its 367 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Jerusalem accounted for 160 of Israel's 209 stories about harm, carried by 367 outlets. 113 of Jerusalem's 160 stories were about protests or strikes. Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Türkiye

70 of its 134 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Istanbul accounted for 31 of Türkiye's 70 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Istanbul stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Nigeria

272 of its 827 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 64 of Sokoto's 99 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

United Arab Emirates

64 of its 287 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories). Illness was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Health

South Korea

37 of its 126 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (30 stories). Outbreaks were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

44 of its 67 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

54 of its 91 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Jammu accounted for 30 of Kashmir's 54 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

Colombo accounted for 73 of Sri Lanka's 97 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. 60 of Colombo's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in United Arab Emirates (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in South Korea (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in New Zealand (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Canada (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Ukraine (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 10,290 stories about harm among 45,843 counted on 14 May.

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People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about North Korea and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 45,843 stories, as usual. North Korea's news was 91% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. For the third day running, the news turned to North Korea. On 14 May 2021, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

North Korea91 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 29 · mostly health Syria66 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir59 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Israel57 in 100 of its 367 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Taiwan52 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 31 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US166 stories about protests or strikes, of its 458 Jerusalem Israel113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 160 Sokoto Nigeria64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 99 Colombo Sri Lanka60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 73 Chicago US32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 71

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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'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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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'sAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt 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 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTogo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Israel about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 209 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 370 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 272 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health39% 3,968 stories · less than usual (usually 43%) Rights & justice20% 2,031 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 1,431 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Disasters & accidents13% 1,314 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 540 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 405 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 263 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 237 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 killed2,847 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests899 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected894 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured817 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations110 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees94 at about half the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions82 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced63 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting people falling ill30 at about three times the usual rate · most about North Korea 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 much 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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