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49,572 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Rights and justice in Dakar, the hunger in Saudi Arabia and protests in Jakarta (Indonesia) drew the news. Senegal's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSenegal 66 in 100 of its 109 stories, usually 22
RegionSoutheast Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Rights & justice

Senegal

72 of its 109 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Dakar accounted for 70 of Senegal's 72 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

297 of its 633 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Riyadh accounted for 262 of Saudi Arabia's 297 stories about harm, carried by 238 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (21 stories). Hunger was named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Riyadh stories →
Protests & strikes

Indonesia

425 of its 957 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Jakarta accounted for 406 of Indonesia's 425 stories about harm, carried by 259 outlets. 317 of Jakarta's 406 stories were about protests or strikes. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Greece

259 of its 544 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (118 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Lithuania

56 of its 113 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Vilnius accounted for 53 of Lithuania's 56 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (45 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Uganda

269 of its 468 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

183 of its 219 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Portugal

68 of its 192 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 47 of Lisbon's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Argentina

75 of its 260 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Plague was named in 50 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

168 of its 204 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Marib accounted for 108 of Yemen's 168 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Poland (124 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); plague in Argentina (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); rabies in Guinea (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Somalia (30 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Italy (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 20 the day before
27 in 10020 in 10021 Mar28 Mar4 Apr11 Apr19 Apr21 Mar: 20 in 10022 Mar: 22 in 10023 Mar: 24 in 10024 Mar: 21 in 10025 Mar: 22 in 10026 Mar: 26 in 10027 Mar: 21 in 10028 Mar: 20 in 10029 Mar: 20 in 10030 Mar: 21 in 10031 Mar: 21 in 1001 Apr: 23 in 1002 Apr: 25 in 1003 Apr: 22 in 1004 Apr: 21 in 1005 Apr: 22 in 1006 Apr: 21 in 1007 Apr: 24 in 1008 Apr: 25 in 1009 Apr: 27 in 10010 Apr: 22 in 10011 Apr: 22 in 10012 Apr: 20 in 10013 Apr: 21 in 10014 Apr: 23 in 10015 Apr: 25 in 10016 Apr: 25 in 10017 Apr: 23 in 10018 Apr: 20 in 10019 Apr: 21 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 49,572 stories about harm among 239,830 counted on 19 Apr.

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In Senegal, 66% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. Poland's news mentioned plane crash about 7 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 19 April 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. of the day's 239,830 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guatemala86 in 100 of its 214 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice Sudan84 in 100 of its 219 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen82 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan81 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Syria77 in 100 of its 1,466 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jakarta Indonesia317 stories about protests or strikes, of its 406 Caracas Venezuela317 stories about protests or strikes, of its 330 Istanbul Türkiye256 stories about protests or strikes, of its 317 Washington US215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1457 Chicago US174 stories about protests or strikes, of its 487

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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'sTanzania: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: too little coverage to readDominican 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 readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSenegal: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: 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

● Senegal about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,130 stories about harm ● Singapore about twice as fearful as the world's · 256 stories about harm ● Congo about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 66 stories about harm ● Portugal about twice as fearful as the world's · 68 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 168 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 15,736 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Health21% 9,970 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence19% 9,418 stories · much less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents11% 5,156 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,645 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,897 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,735 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,066 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 killed15,444 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,360 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,289 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,774 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt Stories reporting refugees790 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting evacuations770 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions618 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced420 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill43 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria

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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