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The news turned to violence in Damascus and people killed in Estonia and Brazil. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSyria 73 in 100 of its 114 stories, usually 50
RegionCentral Asia 17 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
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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Conflict & violence

Syria

83 of its 114 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Damascus accounted for 68 of Syria's 83 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). 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.

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

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 181 of Israel's 378 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Wildfires were named in 95 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Vietnam

62 of its 262 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kenya

58 of its 184 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Nairobi accounted for 47 of Kenya's 58 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Train derailment was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

391 of its 872 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Portugal

17 of its 84 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in New Zealand (39 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Israel (95 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Ukraine (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Australia (33 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); covid in Spain (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 16,246 stories about harm among 92,499 counted on 1 May.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Syria. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 92,499 stories, as usual. Mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual in New Zealand's news. In Syria, 73% of the news was about people being harmed, where 50% is usual. A year earlier, on 1 May 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Over April, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 in April 2024.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria73 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan69 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine61 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Israel60 in 100 of its 635 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir55 in 100 of its 182 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 665 Chicago US59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 179 Manhattan US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 127 Los Angeles US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184 Istanbul Türkiye33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 39

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'sUruguay: 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'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'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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: 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'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 readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNorth Korea: 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 readMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 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: too little coverage to readCape 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'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times 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 about three times as fearful as the world's · 101 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● India about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,085 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 83 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 193 stories about harm ● Kenya about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 58 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 4,407 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,004 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 2,673 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,571 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 794 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 698 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 518 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 242 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 killed3,852 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,806 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,576 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured989 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions217 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced120 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees111 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill44 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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
● Griefa little less 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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