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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Kampala (Uganda), violence in Tripoli and people injured in Guyana. Uganda's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostUganda 70 in 100 of its 251 stories, usually 29
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Protests & strikes

Uganda

175 of its 251 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 33 of Kampala's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. HIV was named in 101 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tuberculosis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

32 of its 43 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Tripoli accounted for 17 of Libya's 32 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guyana

36 of its 73 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Guyana over 30 days → its stories →
Health

New Zealand

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Illness was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Palestine

77 of its 102 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Homesh accounted for 48 of Palestine's 77 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

65 of its 124 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Health

Australia

Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Tsunami was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 30 of Syria's 51 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 78 of Sudan's 153 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Hunger was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts and covid. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Poisoning was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (72 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Italy (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Zimbabwe (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Sudan (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Russia (19 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 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 14,484 stories about harm among 79,607 counted on 29 May.

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Uganda's news was 70% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. of the day's 79,607 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Uganda's news mentioned HIV about 6 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 29 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 →

Palestine75 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan71 in 100 of its 216 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda70 in 100 of its 251 stories · usually 29 · mostly rights & justice Somalia56 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Syria53 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 267 Manipur India67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 118 Washington US55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 384 Zvecan 52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 67 Manhattan US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98

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: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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 Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: 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'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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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 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'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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMicronesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUS: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: 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 fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBhutan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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 three times as fearful as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 209 stories about harm ● New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 183 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 106 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 144 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 51 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 4,172 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Rights & justice21% 3,062 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents17% 2,383 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Conflict & violence15% 2,147 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Food & livelihood6% 790 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 783 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 489 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 428 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 killed4,022 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,751 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,391 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,099 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees278 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced235 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sudan and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations201 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions115 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill5 at about half the usual rate · most about India and Mexico

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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