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The day's news pointed at landslides in Papua New Guinea, violence in Port-au-Prince and abductions in India. Papua New Guinea's coverage was about twice 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 mostPapua New Guinea 69 in 100 of its 118 stories, usually 25
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

81 of its 118 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Port Moresby accounted for 45 of Papua New Guinea's 81 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (78 stories). Landslides were named in 76 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Papua New Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Port Moresby stories →
Conflict & violence

Haiti

104 of its 132 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 57 of Haiti's 104 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Rights & justice

India

987 of its 3,932 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (41 stories). Cyclone was named in 71 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with storm surge.

India over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Australia

Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Flu was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with bird flu, outbreaks and house fires. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Syria

47 of its 66 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Damascus accounted for 27 of Syria's 47 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

187 of its 433 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kharkiv accounted for 123 of Ukraine's 187 stories about harm, carried by 245 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

98 of its 214 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Cyclone was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

its stories →
Health

Sweden

20 of its 59 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Stockholm accounted for 18 of Sweden's 20 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets.

its stories →
Health

Nepal

26 of its 69 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Portugal

23 of its 88 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Bangladesh (28 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tsunami in Japan (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 10,874 stories about harm among 58,712 counted on 25 May.

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Papua New Guinea stood out: 69% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 25%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 58,712 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Papua New Guinea. A year earlier, on 26 May 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti79 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Syria71 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea69 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel67 in 100 of its 735 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 326 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 296 Gaza Palestine40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174 Delhi India23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146 Paris France22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 35 London UK19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 119

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: 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'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sGuernsey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: 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

● Papua New Guinea about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 494 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 187 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 201 stories about harm ● Azerbaijan few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 11 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 2,842 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 2,563 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents20% 2,124 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence15% 1,642 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 595 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 370 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 323 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 194 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 killed2,965 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,214 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,065 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured793 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions368 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced138 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations84 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees76 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill13 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 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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