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46,488 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in la Paz (Bolivia), deaths in Montevideo and rights and justice in Skopje. Bolivia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostUruguay 86 in 100 of its 105 stories, usually 12
RegionNorth America 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Bolivia

114 of its 144 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. la Paz accounted for 96 of Bolivia's 114 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. 92 of la Paz's 96 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories → La Paz stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Uruguay

90 of its 105 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Montevideo accounted for 87 of Uruguay's 90 stories about harm, carried by 2 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Israel

1,154 of its 2,024 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 405 of Jerusalem's 600 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (141 stories). Poisoning was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Cameroon

172 of its 216 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 48 of Manyu's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (163 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Western Sahara

47 of its 58 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Rwanda

77 of its 144 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 53 of Kigali's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (57 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

23 of its 31 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

258 of its 627 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (176 stories). Oil spill was named in 158 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Indonesia (158 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Tonga (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Zambia (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Bangladesh (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Switzerland (12 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 4 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 46,488 stories about harm among 216,528 counted on 4 Apr.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Bolivia. of the day's 216,528 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Bolivia stood out: 79% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%. On 4 April 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic98 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Uruguay86 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 12 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Western Sahara81 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 10 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Cameroon80 in 100 of its 216 stories · usually 30 · mostly rights & justice Bolivia79 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 32 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US838 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1968 San Bruno US445 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3342 Jerusalem Israel405 stories about protests or strikes, of its 600 Memphis US391 stories about protests or strikes, of its 421 Beijing China203 stories about protests or strikes, of its 387

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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 readUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: too little coverage to readEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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 lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 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: too little coverage to readRussia: 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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 lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: 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 lessPalestine: 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 lessIndonesia: 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: 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 lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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 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 lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: too little coverage to readBurundi: 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 lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readUruguay: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTonga: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualWestern Sahara: warmth about its own usualMoldova: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGrenada: warmth about its own usualGeorgia: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCameroon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualWestern Sahara: warmth about its own usualWestern Sahara: warmth about its own usualBangui, Central African Republic -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsCaithness, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 15 stories, carried by 119 outletsBalaka, Central African Republic -- conflict & violence: 34 stories, carried by 40 outletsManyu, Cameroon -- rights & justice: 49 stories, carried by 71 outletsHampshire, UK -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 19 outletsSandy Hook, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 19 stories, carried by 21 outletsMuskogee, US -- shelter & services: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsFreetown, Sierra Leone -- health: 53 stories, carried by 38 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

● Cameroon warmth about one and a half times usual ● Uruguay warmth about one and a half times usual ● Central African Republic warmth about one and a half times usual ● Philippines warmth about one and a half times usual ● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual ● North Macedonia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bangui Central African Republic about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Caithness UK about three times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 15 stories ● Balaka Central African Republic about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 34 stories ● Manyu Cameroon about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 49 stories ● Hampshire UK about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 14,667 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Health19% 8,668 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 8,071 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents14% 6,284 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,307 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,040 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,499 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 925 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 killed14,710 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,403 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting arrests5,775 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,631 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees705 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions699 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations306 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people displaced274 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the Central African Republic Stories reporting people falling ill56 at about the usual rate

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 much 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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