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29,206 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to plane crash in Cuba, landslides in Kyrgyzstan and protests in Skopje (North Macedonia). Kyrgyzstan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKyrgyzstan 73 in 100 of its 167 stories, usually 16
RegionCentral Asia 55 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Cuba

247 of its 408 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Havana accounted for 216 of Cuba's 247 stories about harm, carried by 202 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (236 stories). Plane crash was named in 57 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kyrgyzstan

122 of its 167 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Landslides were named in 118 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms and heavy rain. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Venezuela

389 of its 600 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Caracas accounted for 332 of Venezuela's 389 stories about harm, carried by 237 outlets. 324 of Caracas' 332 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (235 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Poland

130 of its 243 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Warsaw accounted for 113 of Poland's 130 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. 88 of Warsaw's 113 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Health

Liberia

54 of its 72 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Brazil

183 of its 498 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 120 of Sao Paulo's 120 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (88 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

202 of its 217 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Mayun accounted for 138 of Yemen's 202 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Netherlands

78 of its 205 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Mexico (99 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Czechia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Ghana (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Zimbabwe (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (76 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 29,206 stories about harm among 145,207 counted on 29 Apr.

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Cuba stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 21%. Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. In Kyrgyzstan's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 145,207 stories, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen93 in 100 of its 217 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Syria79 in 100 of its 850 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan76 in 100 of its 628 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Liberia75 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 41 · mostly health North Macedonia74 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Pyongyang North Korea330 stories about protests or strikes, of its 379 Caracas Venezuela324 stories about protests or strikes, of its 332 Washington US274 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1072 Moscow Russia237 stories about protests or strikes, of its 277 Ramallah Palestine198 stories about protests or strikes, of its 271

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: 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: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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 Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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 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: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: 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 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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 lessMexico: 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 lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: 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 lessIraq: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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 lessBelarus: 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 lessAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readJammu & 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 lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSlovakia: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualExuma, Bahamas -- other: 87 stories, carried by 79 outletsMadison County, US -- rights & justice: 80 stories, carried by 74 outletsYazd, Iran -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsDenver, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 140 stories, carried by 163 outletsDavao, Philippines -- conflict & violence: 33 stories, carried by 12 outletsLaghman, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 19 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsSistan, Iran -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 15 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

● Bahamas warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Poland warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Exuma Bahamas about three times as warm as the day's news · other · 87 stories ● Madison County US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 80 stories ● Yazd Iran about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Denver US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 140 stories ● Davao Philippines about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 33 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 8,944 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 6,281 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Health18% 5,198 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 3,940 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,106 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 954 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 648 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 381 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 killed9,319 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,628 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,046 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,401 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees468 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions227 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting evacuations169 at about half the usual rate · most about Kyrgyzstan and the US Stories reporting people displaced166 at about half the usual rate · most about the Bahamas and Sudan Stories reporting people falling ill81 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.