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32,497 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Kathmandu (Nepal), evacuations in Ukraine and gas explosion in Cambodia drew the news. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostNepal 84 in 100 of its 781 stories, usually 43
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

Nepal

655 of its 781 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Kathmandu accounted for 483 of Nepal's 655 stories about harm, carried by 420 outlets. 299 of Kathmandu's 483 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (311 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

187 of its 264 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (41 stories). Poisoning was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Cambodia

40 of its 77 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Gas explosion was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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

Bangladesh

397 of its 702 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 100 of Dhaka's 165 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Building collapse was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Poland

232 of its 405 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 115 of Westerplatte's 116 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (121 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

522 of its 678 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Baghdad accounted for 318 of Iraq's 522 stories about harm, carried by 263 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (285 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

794 of its 1,006 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Yerevan accounted for 571 of Armenia's 794 stories about harm, carried by 459 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Moldova

56 of its 140 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 7 of Chisinau's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Libya

128 of its 164 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Accidents were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: malaria in Guyana (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Samoa (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); food poisoning in Canada (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Iran (25 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Jamaica (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 32,497 stories about harm among 153,913 counted on 24 Apr.

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In North Macedonia's news, mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 153,913 stories, as usual. Nepal's news was 84% about people being harmed, against a usual 43%. This week the news turned most often to Afghanistan, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ecuador88 in 100 of its 503 stories · usually 80 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen86 in 100 of its 340 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal84 in 100 of its 781 stories · usually 43 · mostly disasters & accidents South Sudan80 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Armenia79 in 100 of its 1,006 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kathmandu Nepal299 stories about protests or strikes, of its 483 Washington US225 stories about protests or strikes, of its 806 Yerevan Armenia168 stories about protests or strikes, of its 571 Hanover Germany161 stories about protests or strikes, of its 211 Aleppo Syria149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 296

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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 readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: too little coverage to readSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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 lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: 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: 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 lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: 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: 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 lessCentral 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: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: 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 lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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 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 lessWestern 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 lessAzad 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVanuatu: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualNiigata, Japan -- health: 18 stories, carried by 17 outletsYamuna, India -- disasters & accidents: 27 stories, carried by 19 outletsDes Moines, US -- other: 108 stories, carried by 147 outletsSt Helens, UK -- health: 21 stories, carried by 19 outletsVienna, Austria -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 21 outletsPortland, US -- conflict & violence: 53 stories, carried by 33 outletsCondamine River, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 32 stories, carried by 28 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 90 stories, carried by 43 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

● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Niigata Japan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Yamuna India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 27 stories ● Des Moines US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · other · 108 stories ● St Helens UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Vienna Austria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 30 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 8,671 stories · much less than usual (usually 35%) Conflict & violence25% 8,107 stories · about as usual Health16% 5,011 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Disasters & accidents15% 4,692 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given10% 3,042 stories · more than usual (usually 7%) Displacement4% 1,147 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 868 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 360 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 killed12,264 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,135 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,838 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting arrests3,695 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees827 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions555 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations377 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people displaced286 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmtha little less than usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.