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Storms in Rwanda, violence in Moscow and protests in Manipur (India) drew the news. Russia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostKashmir 69 in 100 of its 233 stories, usually 39
RegionEast Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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

Rwanda

49 of its 63 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Kivu accounted for 36 of Rwanda's 49 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Storms were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Kivu stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

233 of its 623 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Moscow accounted for 131 of Russia's 233 stories about harm, carried by 164 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Illness was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Protests & strikes

India

86 of Manipur's 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (32 stories). Cyclone was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Kashmir

160 of its 233 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Rajouri accounted for 58 of Kashmir's 160 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

113 of its 177 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tehran accounted for 70 of Iran's 113 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

53 of its 79 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tulkarm accounted for 37 of Palestine's 53 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

97 of its 432 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Earthquake was named in 58 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with tsunami.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

54 of its 179 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Paraguay

6 of its 10 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 5 of Asuncion's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Japan (58 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in Canada (113 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); malaria in Vietnam (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatstroke in US (25 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 6 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 12,836 stories about harm among 71,710 counted on 6 May.

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For the fourth day running, the news turned to Rwanda. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 71,710 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 6 May 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. In Rwanda, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 54% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda78 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 54 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan74 in 100 of its 287 stories · usually 74 · mostly displacement Kashmir69 in 100 of its 233 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine67 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Iran64 in 100 of its 177 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK279 stories about protests or strikes, of its 566 Washington US120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 369 Manipur India86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143 Manhattan US54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 159 Chicago US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 110

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'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSri 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sNigeria: 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 readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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'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: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'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: 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 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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'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: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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'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 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: 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Caledonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 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 one and a half times 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 · 160 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 233 stories about harm ● Iran about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 113 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 226 stories about harm ● Rwanda few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 49 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 3,724 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Rights & justice25% 3,192 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 1,766 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 1,735 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 744 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 527 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 444 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 424 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 killed3,389 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,509 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,458 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,055 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations264 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Canada and Sudan Stories reporting refugees188 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting people displaced117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions113 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 much harsher 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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