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64,889 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Windhoek (Namibia), violence in Tirana and arrests in Kenya. Albania's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Canada and the US → Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNamibia 77 in 100 of its 245 stories, usually 21
RegionCentral Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Namibia

188 of its 245 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Windhoek accounted for 180 of Namibia's 188 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. 160 of Windhoek's 180 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (161 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Namibia over 30 days → its stories → Windhoek stories →
Conflict & violence

Albania

67 of its 102 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tirana accounted for 64 of Albania's 67 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kenya

586 of its 1,128 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Jordan

197 of its 660 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Egypt

445 of its 811 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Cairo accounted for 344 of Egypt's 445 stories about harm, carried by 232 outlets. 306 of Cairo's 344 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (344 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

298 of its 341 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Sanaa accounted for 162 of Yemen's 298 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Canada

3,105 of its 9,735 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (886 stories). Power cuts were named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Honduras

80 of its 102 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. 55 of Agua Zarca's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Indonesia

441 of its 965 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (105 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 65 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

1,222 of its 1,615 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Brazil (172 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Rwanda (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (65 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); dengue in Singapore (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); food poisoning in Italy (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 May. 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 64,889 stories about harm among 326,777 counted on 4 May.

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Namibia stood out: 77% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 21%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 326,777 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Canada and the US.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi90 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 77 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Yemen87 in 100 of its 341 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Syria80 in 100 of its 2,398 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Honduras78 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Namibia77 in 100 of its 245 stories · usually 21 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria810 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1523 Cairo Egypt306 stories about protests or strikes, of its 344 Washington US279 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2961 Ankara Türkiye191 stories about protests or strikes, of its 574 Windhoek Namibia160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 180

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'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: 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'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: 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'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMozambique: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLatvia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry 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'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNauru: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Mali about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 104 stories about harm ● Albania about twice as fearful as the world's · 67 stories about harm ● Burundi about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● Congo about three times as angry as the world's · 113 stories about harm ● Senegal about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 298 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 18,670 stories · less than usual (usually 33%) Health20% 12,795 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence20% 12,432 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents13% 8,309 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 4,499 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 3,220 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Shelter & services4% 2,432 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,174 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 killed18,732 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected8,513 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,731 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,948 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees1,900 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,322 at about twice the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting abductions1,148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced639 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill192 at about twice 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as 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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