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21,355 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Islamabad (Pakistan), violence in Jammu and drownings in Tunisia. Kashmir's coverage was about 5 times as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostKashmir 66 in 100 of its 144 stories, usually 49
RegionNorth America 31 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

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Protests & strikes

Pakistan

406 of its 895 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Islamabad accounted for 236 of Pakistan's 406 stories about harm, carried by 251 outlets. 167 of Islamabad's 236 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (128 stories).

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Disasters & accidents

Tunisia

33 of its 64 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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

Brazil

61 of its 226 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

104 of its 178 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Kabul accounted for 67 of Afghanistan's 104 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Hunger was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with drought and measles.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Nablus accounted for 37 of Palestine's 55 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Gambia

14 of its 24 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Health

Czechia

18 of its 57 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

US

8,998 of its 28,668 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (4,601 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: covid in Rwanda (21 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Czechia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Germany (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Malaysia (15 of its stories, about three times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 21,355 stories about harm among 90,310 counted on 25 May.

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24 in every 100 of the day's 90,310 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. On 25 May 2021, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Kashmir66 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia61 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 51 · mostly health Syria61 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence North Korea59 in 100 of its 141 stories · usually 56 · mostly health Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Uvalde US258 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2212 Islamabad Pakistan167 stories about protests or strikes, of its 236 Washington US119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 683 Jerusalem Israel33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 80 Delhi India32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166

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: 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: 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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: 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'sTogo: 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'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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'sPeru: 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'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: 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: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: 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'sUS: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 5 times 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 5 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 5 times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 5 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

● Kashmir about 5 times as fearful as the world's · 95 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 430 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 55 stories about harm ● Mali few stories a little warmer than the world's · 8 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 46 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health39% 8,171 stories · less than usual (usually 43%) Conflict & violence21% 4,387 stories · much more than usual (usually 12%) Rights & justice18% 3,703 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents9% 1,859 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,121 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,038 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 540 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 317 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 killed6,958 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests1,509 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,485 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,394 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees198 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions135 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced130 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting evacuations68 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill49 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and North Korea

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.

● Angera little more than 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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