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9,230 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to the hurricane in Brazil, protests in Khartoum (Sudan) and outbreaks in Iraq. Brazil's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostNepal 66 in 100 of its 235 stories, usually 29
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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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Disasters & accidents

Brazil

66 of its 118 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Recife accounted for 40 of Brazil's 66 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Hurricane was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Recife stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

35 of its 53 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Khartoum accounted for 25 of Sudan's 35 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. 22 of Khartoum's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Health

Iraq

33 of its 52 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Outbreaks were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Building collapse was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Nepal

154 of its 235 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Pokhara accounted for 89 of Nepal's 154 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (125 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Mexico

82 of its 188 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Hurricane was named in 54 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm and storms.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

29 of its 51 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories).

its stories →
Health

Malta

17 of its 51 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

US

Tropical storm was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Switzerland

7 of Davos' 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Australia (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); power cuts in Canada (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tropical storm in US (15 of its stories, about 4 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 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 9,230 stories about harm among 39,164 counted on 29 May.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Brazil. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 39,164 stories, above the usual 22. Brazil's news was 56% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. On 29 May 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 24 today. This week the news turned most often to Brazil, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan66 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 49 · mostly rights & justice Nepal66 in 100 of its 235 stories · usually 29 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq63 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 44 · mostly health Indonesia57 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents Brazil56 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 19 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Uvalde US98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 678 Jerusalem Israel91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 190 Washington US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 Xinjiang China28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48 Khartoum Sudan22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 25

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: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: 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'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: 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'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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: too little coverage to readWestern 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: 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 readSt 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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): 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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: 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'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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

● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Brazil about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 66 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 240 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Egypt few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Equatorial Guinea few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 6 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health35% 3,176 stories · much less than usual (usually 42%) Conflict & violence20% 1,844 stories · much more than usual (usually 13%) Rights & justice16% 1,484 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents13% 1,162 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 499 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 439 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 268 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 171 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 killed3,010 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected878 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured779 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting arrests716 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees85 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced70 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions59 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations55 at about half the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about a third of the usual rate · most about 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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