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40,526 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Phnom Penh, protests in Kathua (Kashmir) and abductions in Uganda. Cambodia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCambodia 65 in 100 of its 65 stories, usually 35
RegionNorth America 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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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Conflict & violence

Cambodia

42 of its 65 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Phnom Penh accounted for 36 of Cambodia's 42 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (34 stories). Hunger was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Phnom Penh stories →
Protests & strikes

Kashmir

Kathua accounted for 126 of Kashmir's 226 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. 66 of Kathua's 126 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Kathua stories →
Rights & justice

Uganda

112 of its 249 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (21 stories). Poisoning was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Canada

1,049 of its 4,428 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Landslides were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts.

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

Armenia

171 of its 445 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Yerevan accounted for 158 of Armenia's 171 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. 142 of Yerevan's 158 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

293 of its 631 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

US

904 of Philadelphia's 1,405 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (351 stories). Tornadoes were named in 649 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts, food poisoning and heatstroke.

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Rights & justice

India

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Drought was named in 64 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Pakistan

106 of Quetta's 123 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

China

103 of Beijing's 166 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (98 stories). Earthquake was named in 76 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Bangladesh (70 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Hungary (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Tanzania (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in China (76 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Kenya (20 of its stories, about three times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 40,526 stories about harm among 186,079 counted on 16 Apr.

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Mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual in Cambodia's news. of the day's 186,079 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 16 April 2017, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Cambodia's news was 65% about people being harmed, against a usual 35%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali71 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia65 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen61 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq56 in 100 of its 220 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir55 in 100 of its 408 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Philadelphia US904 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1405 Damascus Syria755 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1585 Bishopville US310 stories about protests or strikes, of its 922 Washington US263 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1160 Orange County US195 stories about protests or strikes, of its 235

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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 readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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'sLiberia: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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 readAlbania: 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'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuernsey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Mali few stories about twice as warm as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 2,165 stories about harm ● Spain about twice as fearful as the world's · 171 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as fearful as the world's · 124 stories about harm ● Cambodia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 301 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 11,991 stories · about as usual Health22% 8,593 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence20% 7,846 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents14% 5,762 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,861 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,385 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 784 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 589 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 killed13,113 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,135 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,439 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,271 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions777 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees480 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Saudi Arabia Stories reporting people displaced453 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting evacuations176 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill118 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and South Korea

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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