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19,401 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at rights and justice in Damascus, a disaster in Bangkok and protests in Kalamata (Greece). Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSingapore 47 in 100 of its 474 stories, usually 16
RegionSoutheast Asia 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Syria

81 of its 103 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Damascus accounted for 33 of Syria's 81 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories). Outbreaks were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Disasters & accidents

Thailand

218 of its 463 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Bangkok accounted for 200 of Thailand's 218 stories about harm, carried by 331 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (173 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Singapore

224 of its 474 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (143 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Food & livelihood

Haiti

41 of its 74 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 26 of Haiti's 41 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Rights & justice

Iran

Tehran accounted for 262 of Iran's 467 stories about harm, carried by 508 outlets. Flooding was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

UK

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Hepatitis was named in 137 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with hiv. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Poland

39 of its 131 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

12 of its 13 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Ecuador (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Pakistan (32 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Taiwan (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in Japan (19 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 21 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 19,401 stories about harm among 106,565 counted on 21 May.

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In Ecuador's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 106,565 stories, as usual. Syria's news was 79% about people being harmed, against a usual 50%. A year earlier, on 22 May 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria79 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 50 · mostly health Israel68 in 100 of its 1,678 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine61 in 100 of its 440 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti55 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 42 · mostly food & livelihood Singapore47 in 100 of its 474 stories · usually 16 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 262 Washington US79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 383 London UK51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 336 Gaza Palestine49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185 Jerusalem Israel48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 259

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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'sTurkmenistan: 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'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: 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 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'sPanama: 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'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'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: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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'sLatvia: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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'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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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 readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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 more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: 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'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBhutan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: 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'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Iran about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 467 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 1,138 stories about harm ● Philippines about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 145 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 267 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 202 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,631 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,825 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 3,420 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence12% 2,343 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,017 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 714 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 650 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 454 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 killed4,755 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,309 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,993 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,442 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions520 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced261 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations240 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Australia and Israel Stories reporting refugees155 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about half the usual rate · most about the US 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 harsher 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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