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The day's news pointed at deaths in Guatemala City, violence in Kunduz and protests in Donbas (Ukraine). Guatemala's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPuerto Rico 65 in 100 of its 394 stories, usually 19
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Guatemala

146 of its 190 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Guatemala City accounted for 116 of Guatemala's 146 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories → Guatemala City stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

849 of its 1,123 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Kunduz accounted for 469 of Afghanistan's 849 stories about harm, carried by 625 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (103 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Ukraine

256 of its 538 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 58 of Donbas' 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Donbas stories →
Health

Puerto Rico

257 of its 394 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Puerto Rico over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

198 of its 253 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Juba accounted for 110 of South Sudan's 198 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Burundi

70 of its 80 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Bujumbura accounted for 50 of Burundi's 70 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 1,299 of Syria's 1,685 stories about harm, carried by 870 outlets. 667 of Aleppo's 1,299 stories were about protests or strikes. Polio was named in 50 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Norway

801 of its 1,526 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (484 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 463 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Belarus

58 of its 111 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Argentina

128 of its 341 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (13 stories). Drownings were named in 71 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning and poisoning.

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Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Norway (463 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Argentina (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Iran (63 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (44 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Papua New Guinea (16 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 29 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 59,514 stories about harm among 310,387 counted on 29 Apr.

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Mentions of helicopter crash ran more than ten times their usual in Norway's news. of the day's 310,387 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. the news turned to Guatemala for the second day running. Guatemala's news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 35%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi88 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Vanuatu87 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 66 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen84 in 100 of its 182 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan78 in 100 of its 253 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Guatemala77 in 100 of its 190 stories · usually 35 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Orange County US1506 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1826 Aleppo Syria667 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1299 Washington US337 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2368 San Francisco US264 stories about protests or strikes, of its 843 Paris France250 stories about protests or strikes, of its 455

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: 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'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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'sDominican Republic: 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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice 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'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrench Polynesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurundi: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful 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'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJersey: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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

● Guatemala about three times as angry as the world's · 146 stories about harm ● Denmark about twice as fearful as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Belarus about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Belgium about twice as fearful as the world's · 254 stories about harm ● Burundi about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,685 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 18,087 stories · less than usual (usually 34%) Health22% 12,870 stories · much more than usual (usually 13%) Conflict & violence19% 10,797 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents14% 8,026 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,604 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,884 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,529 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,396 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 killed17,118 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests9,455 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,848 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,531 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees869 at about half the usual rate · most about Australia and the US Stories reporting abductions860 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced411 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and South Sudan Stories reporting evacuations275 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill56 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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The words in the day's stories were much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout two-thirds of 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.