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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Kupwara (Kashmir), people killed in Ghana and volcanic eruption in Japan. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostJapan 50 in 100 of its 4,147 stories, usually 16
RegionEast Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Kashmir

231 of its 345 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kupwara accounted for 190 of Kashmir's 231 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. 127 of Kupwara's 190 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Kupwara stories →
Conflict & violence

Ghana

206 of its 850 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (77 stories). Cholera was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Ghana over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

2,085 of its 4,147 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,400 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 497 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with train derailment, power cuts and landslides.

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

Egypt

474 of its 750 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Cairo accounted for 366 of Egypt's 474 stories about harm, carried by 264 outlets. 305 of Cairo's 366 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (173 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

127 of its 221 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Mirebalais accounted for 94 of Haiti's 127 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. 84 of Mirebalais' 94 stories were about protests or strikes. Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

448 of its 657 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Polio was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Austria

86 of its 204 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 59 of Vienna's 70 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (61 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

251 of its 285 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Taiwan

109 of its 385 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Plane crash was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hepatitis in Spain (66 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Venezuela (38 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drownings in Vietnam (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Taiwan (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Colombia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 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 15 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 50,158 stories about harm among 246,537 counted on 15 Apr.

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For the fourth day running, the news turned to Kashmir. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 246,537 stories, as usual. Mentions of hepatitis ran more than ten times their usual in Spain's news. In Kashmir, 67% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen88 in 100 of its 285 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan81 in 100 of its 166 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Syria72 in 100 of its 1,180 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan68 in 100 of its 657 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir67 in 100 of its 345 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US453 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1756 Cairo Egypt305 stories about protests or strikes, of its 366 Beijing China145 stories about protests or strikes, of its 292 Kupwara Kashmir127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 190 Brooklyn US127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 499

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSomaliland: 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 lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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: too little coverage to readNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: too little coverage to readJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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 lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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 lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: 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 lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape 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 lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: 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 lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualTonga: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualLouisiana, US -- shelter & services: 32 stories, carried by 29 outletsDiyarbakir, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 16 outletsCorpus Christi, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsMissoula, Canada -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 18 outletsHuta, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsBuckinghamshire, UK -- health: 21 stories, carried by 68 outletsBamako, Mali -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 28 stories, carried by 22 outletsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia -- health: 13 stories, carried by 11 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

● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Syria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● France warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Louisiana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 32 stories ● Diyarbakir Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Corpus Christi US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Missoula Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 21 stories ● Huta Yemen about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice40% 19,496 stories · more than usual (usually 36%) Conflict & violence19% 9,345 stories · much less than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents13% 6,636 stories · about as usual Health13% 6,551 stories · more than usual (usually 9%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,992 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,771 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,355 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,204 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 killed13,842 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,122 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,463 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,046 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees1,034 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Greece and Türkiye Stories reporting people displaced413 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations381 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill127 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan

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 much softer than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.