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19,167 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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A disaster in Mahdia, protests in Minsk (Belarus) and violence in Nablus drew the news. Palestine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuyana 58 in 100 of its 178 stories, usually 16
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Disasters & accidents

Guyana

103 of its 178 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Mahdia accounted for 48 of Guyana's 103 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guyana over 30 days → its stories → Mahdia stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

43 of its 79 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Minsk accounted for 34 of Belarus' 43 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. 20 of Minsk's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

106 of its 131 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Nablus accounted for 63 of Palestine's 106 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Nablus stories →
Health

Greece

102 of its 399 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Earthquake was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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

Italy

218 of its 814 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Mexico

129 of its 443 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 137 of Israel's 209 stories about harm, carried by 164 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 86 of Sudan's 131 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Guam

35 of its 49 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Typhoon was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tropical storm and storms.

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Health

South Africa

321 of its 990 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Outbreaks were named in 97 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cholera.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Guam (33 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Vietnam (77 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); outbreaks in South Africa (97 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Bahamas (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Mexico (34 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 22 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 19,167 stories about harm among 108,169 counted on 22 May.

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Guyana stood out: 58% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 16%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 108,169 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 22 May 2022, 24 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 →

Palestine81 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan64 in 100 of its 205 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Guyana58 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 16 · mostly disasters & accidents Belarus54 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 25 · mostly rights & justice Syria50 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US126 stories about protests or strikes, of its 547 Jerusalem Israel52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137 Delhi India49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 203 Beijing China45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 122 Islamabad Pakistan41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124

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'sMicronesia: 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: 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'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSierra 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 readSt Vincent: 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'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: 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'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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 readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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 readDenmark: 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'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'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTonga: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer 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'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: 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 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'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 106 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 252 stories about harm ● Peru few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 14 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 93 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 106 stories about harm ● Netherlands few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 42 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 6,275 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 4,242 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,933 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,366 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,028 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 747 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 741 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 470 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 killed4,695 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,977 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,784 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,246 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees356 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced188 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations121 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill12 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 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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