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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.

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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readUnited 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 lessUkraine: 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 lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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 lessSomaliland: 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 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 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 readRwanda: 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 lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: 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 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 readFiji: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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 lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad 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: too little coverage to readAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: 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 usualVietnam: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSolomon Islands: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualMontenegro: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualFremont, US -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsKigali, Rwanda -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 10 outletsFlorida, US -- conflict & violence: 338 stories, carried by 310 outletsPozzallo, Italy -- disasters & accidents: 24 stories, carried by 23 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 33 stories, carried by 27 outletsShepton Mallet, UK -- other: 19 stories, carried by 12 outletsAmman, Jordan -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 28 stories, carried by 35 outletsDhahran, Saudi Arabia -- displacement: 105 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

● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Vietnam warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual ● France warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Fremont US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Kigali Rwanda about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Florida US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 338 stories ● Pozzallo Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 24 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 33 stories

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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