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16,075 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), violence in Mogadishu and volcanic eruption in Indonesia drew the news. Somalia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostMexico 42 in 100 of its 364 stories, usually 23
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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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Protests & strikes

Tanzania

41 of its 88 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Dar es Salaam accounted for 22 of Tanzania's 41 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. 18 of Dar es Salaam's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

Tanzania over 30 days → its stories → Dar es Salaam stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

29 of its 39 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Mogadishu accounted for 21 of Somalia's 29 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

84 of its 223 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (21 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with landslides.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Colombia

25 of its 53 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Venezuela

57 of its 123 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Natural hazards were named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Jamaica

29 of its 115 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 5 of Portmore's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

France

Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Hypothermia was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 190 of Israel's 638 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Hunger was named in 233 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with earthquake. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Mexico

152 of its 364 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (55 stories).

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Rights & justice

Panama

26 of its 82 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Israel (233 of its stories, about three times its usual); bird flu in Brazil (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Venezuela (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in France (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Australia (19 of its stories, about 4 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 19 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 16,075 stories about harm among 84,987 counted on 19 May.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Tanzania. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 84,987 stories, as usual. Tanzania's news was 47% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. In Israel's news, mentions of the hunger ran about three times their usual. A year earlier, on 19 May 2024, 19 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 →

Israel58 in 100 of its 1,100 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine51 in 100 of its 280 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia47 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 26 · mostly rights & justice Tanzania47 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 20 · mostly rights & justice Venezuela46 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 796 London UK41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 244 Jerusalem Israel29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 190 Manhattan US23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 103 Gaza Palestine21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109

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: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited 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'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: 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. 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'sPhilippines: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: 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'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'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'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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: 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 readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 angrier 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'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful 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 angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 378 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 638 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 144 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Vietnam few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 34 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 4,907 stories · much more than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice22% 3,466 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents20% 3,083 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence14% 2,242 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 760 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 584 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 452 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 285 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 killed3,847 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,675 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,566 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,039 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions299 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced215 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees151 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations82 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about two-thirds of 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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little less than 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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