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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Kabul, protests in Maroua (Cameroon) and arrests in Germany. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 89 in 100 of its 2,155 stories, usually 55
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

1,922 of its 2,155 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Kabul accounted for 1,637 of Afghanistan's 1,922 stories about harm, carried by 1,064 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (1,454 stories). Plane crash was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Protests & strikes

Cameroon

315 of its 486 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Maroua accounted for 229 of Cameroon's 315 stories about harm, carried by 271 outlets. 115 of Maroua's 229 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (117 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories → Maroua stories →
Rights & justice

Germany

612 of its 2,241 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (201 stories). Heatwave was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storm surge and tsunami. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

83 of its 284 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Power cuts were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Zambia

91 of its 208 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 47 of Lusaka's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

208 of its 274 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Juba accounted for 171 of South Sudan's 208 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Chile

248 of its 453 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 69 of Santiago's 110 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (98 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

230 of its 430 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Gambia

79 of its 181 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 31 of Sandeng's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Mali

139 of its 190 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Kidal accounted for 98 of Mali's 139 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Switzerland (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in South Korea (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Madagascar (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hiv in Uganda (37 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Kuwait (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 60,128 stories about harm among 303,007 counted on 19 Apr.

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Switzerland's news mentioned the avalanche more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 303,007 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. For the second day running, the news turned to Afghanistan. Afghanistan stood out: 89% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 55%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan89 in 100 of its 2,155 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen83 in 100 of its 304 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi82 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Ecuador81 in 100 of its 2,043 stories · usually 79 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia78 in 100 of its 225 stories · usually 75 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US515 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2403 Latakia Syria186 stories about protests or strikes, of its 255 Idlib Syria175 stories about protests or strikes, of its 279 Kabul Afghanistan174 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1637 Bengaluru India167 stories about protests or strikes, of its 217

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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 lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: 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 lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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 lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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 lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: 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: 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 lessAustria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualYemen: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about one and a half times its own usualWestern Sahara: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualWestern Sahara: warmth about its own usualWestern Sahara: 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 usualRafai, Central African Republic -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 17 outletsMerritt Island, US -- disasters & accidents: 35 stories, carried by 34 outletsAlkaleri, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsXiao Li, China -- rights & justice: 67 stories, carried by 77 outletsKarbabad, Bahrain -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 13 outletsAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -- health: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsOrsieres, Switzerland -- disasters & accidents: 35 stories, carried by 30 outletsColorado State Patrol, US -- rights & justice: 66 stories, carried by 98 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

● Central African Republic warmth about one and a half times usual ● Portugal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Morocco warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Rafai Central African Republic about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 26 stories ● Merritt Island US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 35 stories ● Alkaleri Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Xiao Li China about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 67 stories ● Karbabad Bahrain about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 28 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 15,887 stories · much less than usual (usually 36%) Conflict & violence23% 13,491 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents19% 11,000 stories · much more than usual (usually 13%) Health18% 10,759 stories · much more than usual (usually 10%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,863 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,249 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,718 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 920 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 killed18,844 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected8,477 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,739 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured7,061 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,855 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,336 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced841 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ecuador and Cameroon Stories reporting evacuations479 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill48 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and China

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 two-thirds of usual
● Warmtha little less than usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout two-thirds of 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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