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30,123 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Colombo (Sri Lanka), the hurricane in el Salvador and violence in Mogadishu. Somalia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Syria and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSri Lanka 78 in 100 of its 553 stories, usually 30
RegionSouth Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

430 of its 553 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Colombo accounted for 379 of Sri Lanka's 430 stories about harm, carried by 329 outlets. 231 of Colombo's 379 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Landslides were named in 63 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. 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.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Disasters & accidents

El Salvador

51 of its 54 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. el Faro accounted for 51 of el Salvador's 51 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (51 stories). Hurricane was named in 51 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

El Salvador over 30 days → its stories → El Faro stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

307 of its 339 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Mogadishu accounted for 213 of Somalia's 307 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (270 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Rights & justice

Egypt

665 of its 884 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Cairo accounted for 364 of Egypt's 665 stories about harm, carried by 351 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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

Hong Kong

108 of its 167 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Lantau accounted for 94 of Hong Kong's 108 stories about harm, carried by 3 outlets. 90 of Lantau's 94 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

1,789 of its 2,185 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (768 stories). Drownings were named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

202 of its 439 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 144 of Riyadh's 161 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (137 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

320 of its 394 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Niger

18 of its 24 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. 13 of Niamey's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Philippines

Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (35 stories). Drownings were named in 54 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone and cholera. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Costa Rica (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Peru (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); power cuts in New Zealand (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Iran (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drownings in Philippines (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 25 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 30,123 stories about harm among 118,622 counted on 16 Apr.

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Evacuations were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Syria and the US. the news turned to Sri Lanka for the third day running. Sri Lanka's news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%. of the day's 118,622 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. This week the news turned most often to Venezuela, 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 →

El Salvador94 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 51 · mostly disasters & accidents South Sudan93 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia91 in 100 of its 339 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Syria82 in 100 of its 2,185 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq81 in 100 of its 394 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Berkeley US728 stories about protests or strikes, of its 944 Washington US442 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1014 Madaya Syria235 stories about protests or strikes, of its 577 Colombo Sri Lanka231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 379 Harpursville US155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 171

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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'sAzerbaijan: 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'sAlgeria: 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'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little warmer 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

● South Sudan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 158 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 108 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 307 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,789 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 492 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 430 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 10,382 stories · much more than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence27% 7,916 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Health14% 4,031 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents12% 3,588 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,619 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,137 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 696 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 371 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 killed11,583 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting arrests4,831 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting people affected4,343 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people injured2,685 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,066 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting refugees1,017 at about twice the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Saudi Arabia Stories reporting abductions281 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Italy and the US Stories reporting people displaced219 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Lebanon and Haiti

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 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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