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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.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: too little coverage to readYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: too little coverage to readUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: too little coverage to readSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: too little coverage to readGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readUkraine: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBhutan: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualLampedusa, Italy -- displacement: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsBloomsburg, US -- food & livelihood: 83 stories, carried by 81 outletsHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam -- shelter & services: 19 stories, carried by 16 outletsIllawarra, Australia -- health: 36 stories, carried by 126 outletsMacon County, US -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsMandurah, Australia -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 100 outletsThimphu, Bhutan -- health: 22 stories, carried by 16 outletsDonington, UK -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 14 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belarus warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Lampedusa Italy about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 13 stories ● Bloomsburg US about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 83 stories ● Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 19 stories ● Illawarra Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 36 stories ● Macon County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories

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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