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52,248 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at snowstorms in Slovakia, illness in Jonglei and violence in Paris. France's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSlovakia 72 in 100 of its 216 stories, usually 17
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Disasters & accidents

Slovakia

156 of its 216 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Bratislava accounted for 151 of Slovakia's 156 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (152 stories). Snowstorms were named in 152 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold and wildfires. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Slovakia over 30 days → its stories → Bratislava stories →
Health

South Sudan

136 of its 157 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Jonglei accounted for 97 of South Sudan's 136 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (109 stories). Cholera was named in 73 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Jonglei stories →
Conflict & violence

France

2,474 of its 5,252 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Paris accounted for 2,170 of France's 2,474 stories about harm, carried by 1,273 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (1,308 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Rights & justice

Austria

112 of its 316 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Italy

368 of its 1,344 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (224 stories). Measles was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

221 of its 273 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Nihm accounted for 145 of Yemen's 221 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (130 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Niger

77 of its 85 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Diffa accounted for 72 of Niger's 77 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (72 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Thailand

337 of its 681 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (224 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Algeria

27 of its 63 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Angola

21 of its 64 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 16 of Luanda's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Colombia (153 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Malawi (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Sri Lanka (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Norway (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Italy (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 52,248 stories about harm among 252,527 counted on 20 Apr.

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Slovakia stood out: 72% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. Mentions of snowstorms ran more than ten times their usual in Slovakia's news. On 20 April 2016, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 21 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 252,527 stories, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger91 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 50 · mostly health South Sudan87 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 78 · mostly health Yemen81 in 100 of its 273 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia78 in 100 of its 227 stories · usually 73 · mostly health Slovakia72 in 100 of its 216 stories · usually 17 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US495 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1982 Caracas Venezuela477 stories about protests or strikes, of its 523 Berkeley US305 stories about protests or strikes, of its 650 Little Rock US159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 739 Paris France139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2170

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'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'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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: 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'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGreece: 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'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'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'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'sBurkina Faso: 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPanama: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBhutan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier 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

● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 951 stories about harm ● Egypt about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 373 stories about harm ● Rwanda about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● France about twice as fearful as the world's · 2,474 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 221 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 217 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 16,737 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence22% 11,173 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Health20% 10,041 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents10% 5,254 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,251 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,827 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,544 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,306 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 killed15,502 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests8,517 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,694 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,621 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about France and the US Stories reporting refugees659 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced515 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions493 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Austria Stories reporting evacuations445 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill22 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and Ireland

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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