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60,918 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Aleppo (Syria), rights and justice in Santiago and people affected in Guatemala drew the news. Chile's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostMoldova 74 in 100 of its 82 stories, usually 18
RegionOceania 20 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

Syria

2,357 of its 2,826 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Aleppo accounted for 1,806 of Syria's 2,357 stories about harm, carried by 1,154 outlets. 1,051 of Aleppo's 1,806 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (796 stories). Polio was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with respiratory illness. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Aleppo stories →
Rights & justice

Chile

182 of its 351 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Santiago accounted for 152 of Chile's 182 stories about harm, carried by 179 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Chile over 30 days → its stories → Santiago stories →
Displacement

Guatemala

117 of its 177 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

222 of its 471 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

79 of its 158 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 10 of Manama's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Cuba

161 of its 429 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 125 of Havana's 146 stories were about protests or strikes. Extreme cold was named in 114 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Displacement

Austria

284 of its 691 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (222 stories). Snowstorms were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts and drought.

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Rights & justice

Mali

133 of its 171 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Sekou accounted for 116 of Mali's 133 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. 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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Rights & justice

Cambodia

159 of its 285 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Phnom Penh accounted for 131 of Cambodia's 159 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (63 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

100 of its 142 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. 43 of Khartoum's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. 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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Also named far more than usual: extreme cold in Cuba (114 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Myanmar (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Saudi Arabia (72 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Papua New Guinea (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Switzerland (19 of its stories, about 6 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 28 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 60,918 stories about harm among 328,645 counted on 28 Apr.

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Cuba's news mentioned extreme cold more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 328,645 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. In Syria, 83% of the news was about people being harmed, where 76% is usual.

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Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria83 in 100 of its 2,826 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Vanuatu81 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 64 · mostly disasters & accidents Burundi80 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 78 · mostly rights & justice Mali78 in 100 of its 171 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Yemen74 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria1051 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1806 Washington US244 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1747 Paris France183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 389 Baghdad Iraq183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 398 Jerusalem Israel126 stories about protests or strikes, of its 437

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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 readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: 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 lessSweden: 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 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 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 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 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: 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 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 lessNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: 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 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 readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: too little coverage to readItaly: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: 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 lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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 lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: 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: 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 lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readSiachen Glacier: too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish 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: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCôte d’Ivoire: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualColumbus, US -- conflict & violence: 97 stories, carried by 85 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 21 outletsBanjul, Gambia -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsSeneca Falls, US -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsTihange, Belgium -- disasters & accidents: 39 stories, carried by 35 outletsTampines, Singapore -- rights & justice: 50 stories, carried by 14 outletsSeoul, South Korea -- health: 83 stories, carried by 58 outletsNottingham, UK -- health: 34 stories, carried by 31 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

● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cuba warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ecuador warmth about one and a half times usual ● Côte d’Ivoire warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Columbus US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 97 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 28 stories ● Banjul Gambia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Seneca Falls US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Tihange Belgium about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 39 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 17,106 stories · much less than usual (usually 34%) Conflict & violence22% 13,136 stories · about as usual Health21% 12,582 stories · much more than usual (usually 13%) Disasters & accidents12% 7,449 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 4,027 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 2,076 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,924 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,469 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 killed19,148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests8,406 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,108 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people injured4,902 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,262 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Austria and Australia Stories reporting abductions1,089 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced391 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and Türkiye Stories reporting evacuations252 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill62 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little less than 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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