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19,073 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to a disaster in Grindavik, protests in Sam Cheung (Hong Kong) and deaths in Jammu. Iran's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIceland 75 in 100 of its 122 stories, usually 25
RegionSouth Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Iceland

92 of its 122 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Grindavik accounted for 79 of Iceland's 92 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Iceland over 30 days → its stories → Grindavik stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Kashmir

90 of its 162 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jammu accounted for 52 of Kashmir's 90 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

134 of its 249 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tehran accounted for 81 of Iran's 134 stories about harm, carried by 228 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Syria

45 of its 66 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

37 of its 72 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Philippines

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Typhoon was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Displacement

Ethiopia

20 of its 38 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Rights & justice

Netherlands

89 of its 323 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories).

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Rights & justice

Azerbaijan

47 of its 238 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: heatwave in India (222 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Armenia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Australia (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 19,073 stories about harm among 110,550 counted on 30 May.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 26 April 2024. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 110,550 stories, below the usual 18. Iceland's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%. For the second day running, the news turned to Iceland. A year earlier, on 31 May 2023, 17 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 →

Iceland75 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria68 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine66 in 100 of its 536 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan66 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 69 · mostly health Israel61 in 100 of its 1,457 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 428 Gaza Palestine68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 300 Beijing China51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 93 Delhi India33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 338 Chicago US33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 176

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle 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: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: 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 readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: 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'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: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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'sItaly: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl 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'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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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'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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little angrier 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 more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than 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 grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 894 stories about harm ● Iran about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 134 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about twice as fearful as the world's · 110 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 353 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 90 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 16 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,444 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,693 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 3,213 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,343 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,022 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 811 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 722 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 472 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 killed4,417 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,143 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,096 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,179 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions436 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced345 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees263 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations159 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Iceland Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 softer 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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