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54,434 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to drownings in Senegal, protests in Caracas (Venezuela) and violence in Ciudad del Este. Thailand's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostChile 77 in 100 of its 682 stories, usually 18
RegionSouth Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Senegal

132 of its 156 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Dakar accounted for 81 of Senegal's 132 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (57 stories). Drownings were named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

476 of its 724 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Caracas accounted for 343 of Venezuela's 476 stories about harm, carried by 273 outlets. 331 of Caracas' 343 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (230 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Conflict & violence

Paraguay

160 of its 180 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Ciudad del Este accounted for 157 of Paraguay's 160 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (100 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Paraguay over 30 days → its stories → Ciudad del Este stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Thailand

335 of its 887 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (216 stories). Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Chile

528 of its 682 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Santiago accounted for 418 of Chile's 528 stories about harm, carried by 438 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Avalanche was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

303 of its 554 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Luhansk accounted for 235 of Ukraine's 303 stories about harm, carried by 206 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (198 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Kenya

430 of its 1,214 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Road crashes were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

335 of its 485 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nepal

256 of its 387 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 94 of Sankhu's 146 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (103 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Netherlands

218 of its 658 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (146 stories). Hurricane was named in 132 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tornadoes.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Netherlands (132 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Gambia (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Somalia (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Ecuador (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tuberculosis in Liberia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 54,434 stories about harm among 256,165 counted on 25 Apr.

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In Senegal, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 256,165 stories, as usual. Mentions of the hurricane ran more than ten times their usual in the Netherlands' news. On 25 April 2016, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Paraguay89 in 100 of its 180 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Senegal85 in 100 of its 156 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen79 in 100 of its 700 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Chile77 in 100 of its 682 stories · usually 18 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan74 in 100 of its 730 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Caracas Venezuela331 stories about protests or strikes, of its 343 Ramallah Palestine266 stories about protests or strikes, of its 274 Washington US238 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2037 Chicago US162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 516 San Francisco US142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 543

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'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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: 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'sBahamas: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVanuatu: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUS: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSpain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sParaguay: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Austria about three times as fearful as the world's · 96 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 543 stories about harm ● Cameroon about three times as fearful as the world's · 79 stories about harm ● Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 472 stories about harm ● South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 80 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 727 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 15,490 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 11,307 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Health21% 11,276 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents13% 7,151 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 4,402 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,540 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,099 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,088 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 killed20,396 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,648 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,383 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,257 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees905 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions489 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced449 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations400 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Chile Stories reporting people falling ill146 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times usual
● Feara little less than 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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