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47,681 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Aleppo, protests in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) and people injured in Ethiopia. Ethiopia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSenegal 66 in 100 of its 142 stories, usually 29
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

1,208 of its 1,525 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Aleppo accounted for 541 of Syria's 1,208 stories about harm, carried by 350 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (316 stories). Ebola was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cholera. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Aleppo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ethiopia

94 of its 180 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Macao

13 of its 43 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).

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

Albania

48 of its 69 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Tirana accounted for 48 of Albania's 48 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Congo

148 of its 187 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Brazzaville accounted for 86 of Congo's 148 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

540 of its 936 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Cameroon

85 of its 129 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Yaounde accounted for 65 of Cameroon's 85 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (70 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

258 of its 446 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

249 of its 573 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 94 of Dhaka's 117 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (133 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: chikungunya in Brazil (50 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Fiji (29 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); avalanche in Nepal (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); whooping cough in Ghana (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Indonesia (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 Apr. 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 47,681 stories about harm among 258,369 counted on 5 Apr.

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Mentions of the chikungunya ran about 5 times their usual in Brazil's news. of the day's 258,369 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Syria stood out: 79% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 72%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria79 in 100 of its 1,525 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Congo79 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq71 in 100 of its 763 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Albania70 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 24 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia69 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria217 stories about protests or strikes, of its 541 Washington US214 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1404 Dikili Türkiye133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 Lesbos Greece123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 293 Damascus Syria99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 269

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readTanzania: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTikrit, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 80 stories, carried by 34 outletsBuhari, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 19 outletsDarfur, Sudan -- displacement: 30 stories, carried by 22 outletsBudapest, Hungary -- rights & justice: 34 stories, carried by 30 outletsKupwara, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 25 outletsPulwama, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 21 outletsMartinsville, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsZaria, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 10 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

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.

Warmest news

● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sierra Leone warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Poland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Tikrit Iraq about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 80 stories ● Buhari Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories ● Darfur Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 30 stories ● Budapest Hungary about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 34 stories ● Kupwara Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 30 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice36% 16,754 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence23% 10,855 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents13% 5,914 stories · about as usual Health10% 4,732 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,421 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,960 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,587 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,453 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 killed14,389 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,426 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,147 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,798 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees1,522 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced603 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions466 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations270 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting people falling ill40 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria

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
● 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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