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45,251 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Tegucigalpa (Honduras), flooding in Algeria and violence in Damascus. Algeria's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEstonia 80 in 100 of its 143 stories, usually 9
RegionSouth Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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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Protests & strikes

Honduras

115 of its 138 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 66 of Honduras' 115 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. 66 of Tegucigalpa's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Tegucigalpa stories →
Disasters & accidents

Algeria

451 of its 531 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Algiers accounted for 396 of Algeria's 451 stories about harm, carried by 348 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 73 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 2,075 of Syria's 2,781 stories about harm, carried by 1,201 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Train derailment was named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Afghanistan

487 of its 572 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Ghazni accounted for 247 of Afghanistan's 487 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. 126 of Ghazni's 247 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (425 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Central African Republic

105 of its 117 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Bangui accounted for 102 of the Central African Republic's 105 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. 70 of Bangui's 102 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Health

Paraguay

29 of its 37 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Kashmir

284 of its 382 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Montserrat

19 of its 23 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Plane crash was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami and volcanic eruption.

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Rights & justice

Poland

158 of its 443 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Nepal (44 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Montserrat (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Malawi (15 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tuberculosis in Angola (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in China (103 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 45,251 stories about harm among 224,673 counted on 12 Apr.

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Honduras stood out: 83% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 224,673 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. A year earlier, on 12 April 2017, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic90 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan85 in 100 of its 572 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Algeria85 in 100 of its 531 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Honduras83 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 27 · mostly rights & justice Niger81 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Damascus Syria689 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2075 Washington US302 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2242 Moscow Russia282 stories about protests or strikes, of its 866 Delhi India142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 340 Shifa Israel139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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 lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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 readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: 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 lessSpain: 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 lessSomalia: 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 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 lessPoland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 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 lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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 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 lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 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 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 lessIran: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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 lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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 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 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 lessEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualBangui, Central African Republic -- conflict & violence: 102 stories, carried by 82 outletsMarinette, US -- health: 28 stories, carried by 31 outletsGhazni, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 247 stories, carried by 187 outletsWest Sussex, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 34 outletsBenalla, Australia -- health: 10 stories, carried by 40 outletsBihar, India -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 15 outletsZhenan, China -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 36 stories, carried by 34 outletsIdaho, US -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 31 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

● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual ● Czechia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bangui Central African Republic about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 102 stories ● Marinette US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 28 stories ● Ghazni Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 247 stories ● West Sussex UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Benalla Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 13,390 stories · about as usual Health23% 10,016 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence20% 9,014 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 5,457 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,740 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,579 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,165 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 997 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 killed14,354 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,528 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,917 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,821 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees714 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions434 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting people displaced252 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting evacuations226 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill81 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria

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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