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18,117 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at rights and justice in Djelfa, people injured in Malaysia and protests in Tunis (Tunisia). Malaysia's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMalaysia 34 in 100 of its 318 stories, usually 20
RegionSoutheast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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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Rights & justice

Algeria

22 of its 31 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Djelfa accounted for 15 of Algeria's 22 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Djelfa stories →
Conflict & violence

Malaysia

109 of its 318 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Malaysia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Cuba

45 of its 116 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 10 of Havana's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

64 of its 102 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

21 of its 29 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

32 of its 70 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Beirut accounted for 22 of Lebanon's 32 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

New Caledonia

22 of its 35 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Noumea accounted for 16 of New Caledonia's 22 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. 10 of Noumea's 16 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Rights & justice

Gambia

17 of its 35 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Brazil (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); measles in Canada (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hepatitis in UK (22 of its stories, about three 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 17 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 18,117 stories about harm among 102,812 counted on 17 May.

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Algeria's news was 71% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. of the day's 102,812 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Brazil's news mentioned the heatwave more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Algeria. On 18 May 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan71 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 68 · mostly displacement Israel67 in 100 of its 1,375 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan63 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 478 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Syria56 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 48 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 446 Gaza Palestine72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 244 Hollywood US55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 227 Paris France46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 100 Manhattan US43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102

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'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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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'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'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: 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'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIran: 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'sHonduras: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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'sEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: 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'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'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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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 readBritish 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMauritius: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Caledonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBermuda: coverage a little warmer 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

● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 921 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 221 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 21 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 286 stories about harm ● Philippines about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 120 stories about harm ● Malaysia about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 109 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,221 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 4,572 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,837 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,361 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 840 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 826 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 696 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 426 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 killed4,351 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,018 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,887 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,026 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions483 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced295 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees217 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations163 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill23 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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