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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Mogadishu, a disaster in Cuauhtemoc and arrests in Tanzania. Somalia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.
Conflict & violence
31 of its 38 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Mogadishu accounted for 25 of Somalia's 31 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Disasters & accidents
176 of its 298 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Cuauhtemoc accounted for 93 of Mexico's 176 stories about harm, carried by 235 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (127 stories).
Rights & justice
16 of its 34 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Protests & strikes
11 of Vienna's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
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Conflict & violence
583 of its 857 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Tel Aviv accounted for 166 of Israel's 583 stories about harm, carried by 323 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Conflict & violence
Kyiv accounted for 76 of Ukraine's 115 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Conflict & violence
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Conflict & violence
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Storms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Disasters & accidents
19 of its 40 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories).
Conflict & violence
31 of its 81 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual:
earthquake in Nepal (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in US (258 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in India (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 46,462 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual in Nepal's news. In Somalia, 82% of the news was about people being harmed, where 50% is usual.
19 in every 100 of the day's 46,462 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 19). Somalia: 31 of its 38 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Mexico: 176 of its 298 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Tanzania: 16 of its 34 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Austria: 11 of Vienna's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual in Nepal's news. Mentions of heavy rain ran about three times their usual in New Zealand's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were much harsher than usual. A year earlier, on 18 May 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Written by code from the day's numbers.
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or less Zambia: too little coverage to read Yemen: about as warm as its own usual or less Vietnam: about as warm as its own usual or less Venezuela: about as warm as its own usual or less Vanuatu: too little coverage to read Uzbekistan: too little coverage to read Uruguay: about as warm as its own usual or less Micronesia: too little coverage to read U.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Guam: about as warm as its own usual or less Puerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or less United States: about as warm as its own usual or less South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to read Falkland Islands: too little coverage to read Cayman Islands: too little coverage to read Isle of Man: too little coverage to read United Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or less United Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or less Ukraine: about as warm as its own usual or less Uganda: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkmenistan: too little coverage to read Turkey: about as warm as its own usual or less Tunisia: too little coverage to read Trinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or less Tonga: about as warm as its own usual or less Togo: about as warm as its own usual or less Timor-Leste: too little coverage to read Thailand: about as warm as its own usual or less Tanzania: too little coverage to read Tajikistan: too little coverage to read Taiwan: about as warm as its own usual or less Syria: about as warm as its own usual or less Switzerland: about as warm as its own usual or less Sweden: about as warm as its own usual or less Eswatini: too little coverage to read Suriname: too little coverage to read South Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or less Spain: about as warm as its own usual or less South Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less South Africa: about as warm as its own usual or less Somalia: about as warm as its own usual or less Somaliland: too little coverage to read Solomon Islands: too little coverage to read Slovakia: about as warm as its own usual or less Slovenia: too little coverage to read Singapore: about as warm as its own usual or less Sierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or less Seychelles: too little coverage to read Serbia: too little coverage to read Senegal: too little coverage to read Saudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or less São Tomé: too little coverage to read Samoa: too little coverage to read St Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or less St. Lucia: too little coverage to read Rwanda: about as warm as its own usual or less Russia: about as warm as its own usual or less Romania: about as warm as its own usual or less Qatar: about as warm as its own usual or less Portugal: about as warm as its own usual or less Poland: about as warm as its own usual or less Philippines: about as warm as its own usual or less Peru: about as warm as its own usual or less Paraguay: about as warm as its own usual or less Papua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Panama: too little coverage to read Palau: too little coverage to read Pakistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Oman: about as warm as its own usual or less Norway: about as warm as its own usual or less North Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less Nigeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Niger: about as warm as its own usual or less Nicaragua: too little coverage to read New Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or less Niue: too little coverage to read Netherlands: about as warm as its own usual or less Curaçao: too little coverage to read Nepal: about as warm as its own usual or less Namibia: about as warm as its own usual or less Mozambique: about as warm as its own usual or less Morocco: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara: too little coverage to read Montenegro: about as warm as its own usual or less Mongolia: too little coverage to read Moldova: too little coverage to read Mexico: too little coverage to read Mauritius: too little coverage to read Mauritania: about as warm as its own usual or less Malta: about as warm as its own usual or less Mali: about as warm as its own usual or less Malaysia: about as warm as its own usual or less Malawi: about as warm as its own usual or less Madagascar: about as warm as its own usual or less North Macedonia: too little coverage to read Luxembourg: too little coverage to read Lithuania: too little coverage to read Libya: about as warm as its own usual or less Liberia: too little coverage to read Lesotho: too little coverage to read Lebanon: about as warm as its own usual or less Latvia: too little coverage to read Laos: about as warm as its own usual or less Kyrgyzstan: too little coverage to read Kuwait: about as warm as its own usual or less Kosovo: too little coverage to read Kiribati: too little coverage to read Kenya: about as warm as its own usual or less Kazakhstan: too little coverage to read Jordan: about as warm as its own usual or less Japan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jamaica: about as warm as its own usual or less Italy: about as warm as its own usual or less Israel: about as warm as its own usual or less Palestine: about as warm as its own usual or less Ireland: about as warm as its own usual or less Iraq: about as warm as its own usual or less Indonesia: about as warm as its own usual or less India: about as warm as its own usual or less Iceland: about as warm as its own usual or less Hungary: about as warm as its own usual or less Honduras: too little coverage to read Haiti: about as warm as its own usual or less Guyana: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea-Bissau: too little coverage to read Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Guatemala: about as warm as its own usual or less Grenada: too little coverage to read Greece: about as warm as its own usual or less Ghana: about as warm as its own usual or less Germany: about as warm as its own usual or less Georgia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gambia: too little coverage to read Gabon: about as warm as its own usual or less St Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to read French Polynesia: too little coverage to read New Caledonia: too little coverage to read French Southern Territories: too little coverage to read Åland Islands: too little coverage to read Finland: about as warm as its own usual or less Fiji: about as warm as its own usual or less Ethiopia: about as warm as its own usual or less Estonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Eritrea: too little coverage to read Equatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less El Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or less Egypt: too little coverage to read Ecuador: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominican Republic: too little coverage to read Dominica: too little coverage to read Djibouti: too little coverage to read Greenland: too little coverage to read Faroe Islands: too little coverage to read Denmark: about as warm as its own usual or less Czech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less N. Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cyprus: about as warm as its own usual or less Cuba: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: too little coverage to read Côte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or less Costa Rica: about as warm as its own usual or less DR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Congo: too little coverage to read Comoros: too little coverage to read Colombia: too little coverage to read China: about as warm as its own usual or less Hong Kong: too little coverage to read Chile: too little coverage to read Chad: about as warm as its own usual or less Central African Republic: too little coverage to read Cape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or less Canada: about as warm as its own usual or less Cameroon: about as warm as its own usual or less Cambodia: about as warm as its own usual or less Myanmar: about as warm as its own usual or less Burundi: too little coverage to read Burkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or less Bulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or less Brunei: about as warm as its own usual or less Brazil: too little coverage to read Botswana: too little coverage to read Bosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to read Bolivia: about as warm as its own usual or less Bhutan: too little coverage to read Benin: too little coverage to read Belize: too little coverage to read Belgium: about as warm as its own usual or less Belarus: about as warm as its own usual or less Barbados: about as warm as its own usual or less Bangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahrain: too little coverage to read Bahamas: too little coverage to read Azerbaijan: too little coverage to read Australia: about as warm as its own usual or less Heard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to read Armenia: about as warm as its own usual or less Argentina: about as warm as its own usual or less Antigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or less Angola: about as warm as its own usual or less Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: too little coverage to read Albania: too little coverage to read Afghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or less Aksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or less Gaza: about as warm as its own usual or less West Bank: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to read Western Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to read Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Siachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or less Crimea: about as warm as its own usual or less East Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or less Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Vatican City: about as warm as its own usual or less Marshall Islands: too little coverage to read Northern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to read American Samoa: too little coverage to read Chagos Islands: too little coverage to read St. Helena: too little coverage to read Pitcairn: too little coverage to read Anguilla: too little coverage to read Bermuda: about as warm as its own usual or less British Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read Turks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to read Montserrat: too little coverage to read Jersey: about as warm as its own usual or less Guernsey: too little coverage to read San Marino: too little coverage to read St Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to read Cook Islands: too little coverage to read Aruba: too little coverage to read Nauru: too little coverage to read Monaco: about as warm as its own usual or less Maldives: about as warm as its own usual or less Liechtenstein: too little coverage to read Wallis & Futuna: too little coverage to read St. Martin: too little coverage to read St. Barthélemy: too little coverage to read Macao: too little coverage to read Norfolk Island: too little coverage to read Sint Maarten: too little coverage to read Christmas Island: too little coverage to read Gibraltar: too little coverage to read Mayotte: too little coverage to read Iran: warmth about its own usual France: warmth about its own usual Austria: warmth about its own usual Vienna, Austria -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 40 outlets Montana, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 20 outlets Michigan, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 15 outlets Southport, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 45 outlets Bristol, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 10 outlets Bucharest, Romania -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 26 outlets Ifon, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 12 outlets Abuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 17 outlets
Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.
The day in three measures
harsh warm
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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