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21,395 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at rights and justice in Tehran, violence in Jeddah and flooding in Myanmar. Iran's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNew Caledonia 90 in 100 of its 50 stories, usually 21
RegionOceania 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Iran

144 of its 221 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 51 of Iran's 144 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

119 of its 382 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Jeddah accounted for 78 of Saudi Arabia's 119 stories about harm, carried by 334 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Jeddah stories →
Disasters & accidents

Myanmar

57 of its 77 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Flooding was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Colombia

54 of its 101 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Plane crash was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

222 of its 846 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories). Flooding was named in 100 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides, storms and heatwave.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

16 of its 41 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 13 of Tbilisi's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Japan

375 of its 1,899 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (109 stories). Cyclone was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Slovakia

13 of its 37 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sri Lanka

57 of its 184 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in Italy (100 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in Colombia (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Mexico (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Ukraine (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in Vietnam (15 of its stories, about 8 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 19 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 21,395 stories about harm among 118,745 counted on 19 May.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 118,745 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 19 May 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

New Caledonia90 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 21 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar74 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 60 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan69 in 100 of its 162 stories · usually 77 · mostly displacement Iran65 in 100 of its 221 stories · usually 40 · mostly rights & justice Syria64 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US193 stories about protests or strikes, of its 758 Lahore Pakistan67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 163 Hiroshima Japan65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 219 Jerusalem Israel55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145 Moscow Russia55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 178

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: 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: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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 readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: 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'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'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: 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'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMicronesia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: 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 more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDominica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFaroe Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half 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

● Iran about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 144 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 416 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 99 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 201 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 111 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 271 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 6,808 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 5,222 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 3,320 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,533 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 981 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 843 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 815 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 497 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 killed4,993 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,357 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,335 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,083 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees364 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced247 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions220 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations173 at about half the usual rate · most about Canada and Italy Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about half the usual rate · most about Canada and the UK

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 softer 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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