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The news turned to violence in Bamyan, protests in Colombo (Sri Lanka) and flooding in Yemen. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 84 in 100 of its 187 stories, usually 51
RegionCentral Asia 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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

Afghanistan

157 of its 187 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Bamyan accounted for 58 of Afghanistan's 157 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Bamyan stories →
Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

49 of its 91 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 6 of Colombo's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

40 of its 47 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Flooding was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Kyrgyzstan

72 of its 175 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Bishkek accounted for 70 of Kyrgyzstan's 72 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. 44 of Bishkek's 70 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Slovakia

56 of its 128 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Bratislava accounted for 35 of Slovakia's 56 stories about harm, carried by 222 outlets. 24 of Bratislava's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (30 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Germany

101 of its 350 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 30 of Munich's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides and storms.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

254 of its 360 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 211 of Palestine's 254 stories about harm, carried by 285 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

New Caledonia

20 of its 26 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Noumea accounted for 19 of New Caledonia's 20 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. 16 of Noumea's 19 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

59 of its 126 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Earthquake was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Ireland (29 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in Taiwan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Germany (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Japan (16 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 18 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 10,870 stories about harm among 58,849 counted on 18 May.

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Of the day's 58,849 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 19 May 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

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Afghanistan84 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 51 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine71 in 100 of its 360 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Israel70 in 100 of its 715 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Sri Lanka54 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 22 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia47 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 246 Gaza Palestine62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 211 Bishkek Kyrgyzstan44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 70 Jerusalem Israel39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126 Manhattan US32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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'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'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: 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 Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIraq: 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'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: too little coverage to readEl 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: 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'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'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: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUS: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 157 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 156 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 497 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Australia about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 179 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 2,838 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 2,671 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents18% 1,929 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence15% 1,650 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 597 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 433 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 298 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 261 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 killed2,949 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,249 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,214 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured862 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting abductions374 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees169 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced157 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations128 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill23 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US

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
● Griefa little more than 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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