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49,313 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh), violence in Copenhagen and rights and justice in Beirut. Bangladesh's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostDenmark 58 in 100 of its 390 stories, usually 19
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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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

679 of its 1,064 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Dhaka accounted for 532 of Bangladesh's 679 stories about harm, carried by 405 outlets. 405 of Dhaka's 532 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (175 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Conflict & violence

Denmark

226 of its 390 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Copenhagen accounted for 205 of Denmark's 226 stories about harm, carried by 240 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (176 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Rights & justice

Lebanon

373 of its 524 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Beirut accounted for 334 of Lebanon's 373 stories about harm, carried by 471 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (236 stories).

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Health

Guatemala

66 of its 113 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (27 stories). Chikungunya was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with west nile virus.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Yemen

Hajja accounted for 102 of Yemen's 143 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. 91 of Hajja's 102 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (112 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Peru

198 of its 319 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 68 of Lima's 82 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (111 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

248 of its 308 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Darfur accounted for 209 of Sudan's 248 stories about harm, carried by 191 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (64 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

108 of its 168 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Czechia

103 of its 239 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Morocco

57 of its 126 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 46 of Rabat's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Taiwan (77 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Fiji (46 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Nicaragua (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Tonga (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in Singapore (29 of its stories, more than ten 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 7 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 49,313 stories about harm among 263,817 counted on 7 Apr.

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Taiwan's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, 64% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 263,817 stories, below the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Vanuatu90 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 62 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen81 in 100 of its 177 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan81 in 100 of its 308 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan77 in 100 of its 343 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Syria74 in 100 of its 1,281 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dhaka Bangladesh405 stories about protests or strikes, of its 532 Washington US311 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1668 Jerusalem Israel235 stories about protests or strikes, of its 452 Damascus Syria180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 579 Petersburg Russia138 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: 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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNauru: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Denmark about three times as fearful as the world's · 226 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 679 stories about harm ● Rwanda about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 108 stories about harm ● South Korea about twice as angry as the world's · 201 stories about harm ● South Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 264 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 143 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice39% 18,879 stories · more than usual (usually 35%) Conflict & violence23% 11,178 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents11% 5,271 stories · about as usual Health11% 5,128 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,373 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,667 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,501 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,271 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 killed13,863 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,617 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,212 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,971 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Belgium Stories reporting abductions1,239 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and Lebanon Stories reporting refugees1,126 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Greece and Türkiye Stories reporting people displaced515 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations383 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill50 at about half 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
● 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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