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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Rajouri, flooding in Rwanda and people displaced in Khartoum. Kashmir's coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKashmir 63 in 100 of its 200 stories, usually 38
RegionEast Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

126 of its 200 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Rajouri accounted for 54 of Kashmir's 126 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Rajouri stories →
Disasters & accidents

Rwanda

39 of its 52 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 177 of Sudan's 339 stories about harm, carried by 303 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (69 stories). Polio was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Vietnam

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). Heatwave was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Russia

411 of its 1,144 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kremlin accounted for 260 of Russia's 411 stories about harm, carried by 431 outlets. Illness was named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Congo

24 of its 30 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

40 of its 130 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

18 of its 33 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

156 of its 796 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Earthquake was named in 84 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with tsunami.

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Protests & strikes

Laos

10 of its 13 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 5 of Vientiane's 9 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Japan (84 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in Congo (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Guatemala (11 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); drought in Morocco (10 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); heatwave in Thailand (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 22,025 stories about harm among 123,254 counted on 5 May.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Kashmir. of the day's 123,254 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Japan's news mentioned the earthquake about 8 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 5 May 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. In Kashmir, 63% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan75 in 100 of its 450 stories · usually 74 · mostly displacement Rwanda75 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 52 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir63 in 100 of its 200 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine63 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Syria47 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 783 Manipur India106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143 London UK56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 395 New York US55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254 Manhattan US51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 197

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'sYemen: 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'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'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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readQatar: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: 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: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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 readArgentina: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLaos: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFaroe Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half 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 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times 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 4 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 4 times as fearful as the world's · 126 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 411 stories about harm ● Kenya about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 131 stories about harm ● Rwanda few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 241 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 283 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health34% 7,290 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 5,153 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,778 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,713 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,110 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,035 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 796 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 761 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 killed5,446 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,357 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,341 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,367 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations349 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees270 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sudan and the US Stories reporting people displaced225 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions174 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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 about as 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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