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The day's news pointed at protests in Managua (Nicaragua), violence in Kabul and arrests in Denmark. Denmark's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPeru 67 in 100 of its 327 stories, usually 22
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

510 of its 600 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Managua accounted for 383 of Nicaragua's 510 stories about harm, carried by 549 outlets. 300 of Managua's 383 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories → Managua stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

677 of its 919 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Kabul accounted for 517 of Afghanistan's 677 stories about harm, carried by 420 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (105 stories). Drought was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Rights & justice

Denmark

123 of its 207 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Sweden

233 of its 560 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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

Peru

219 of its 327 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 28 of Pucallpa's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (177 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

301 of its 531 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Brussels accounted for 291 of Belgium's 301 stories about harm, carried by 236 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (148 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Armenia

634 of its 923 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Yerevan accounted for 593 of Armenia's 634 stories about harm, carried by 406 outlets. 562 of Yerevan's 593 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (272 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Niger

155 of its 174 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Agadez accounted for 137 of Niger's 155 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. 135 of Agadez's 137 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Madagascar

88 of its 108 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 66 of Antananarivo's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (50 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

458 of its 506 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (323 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in South Sudan (56 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Congo (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Kenya (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in Brazil (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Japan (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 41,212 stories about harm among 188,256 counted on 23 Apr.

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For the fifth day running, the news turned to Nicaragua. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 188,256 stories, as usual. Mentions of the hunger ran about 5 times their usual in South Sudan's news. In Nicaragua, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 68% is usual. On 23 April 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen91 in 100 of its 506 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Niger89 in 100 of its 174 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Bosnia85 in 100 of its 129 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua85 in 100 of its 600 stories · usually 68 · mostly rights & justice Madagascar81 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 32 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Yerevan Armenia562 stories about protests or strikes, of its 593 Nashville US309 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1636 Managua Nicaragua300 stories about protests or strikes, of its 383 Toronto Canada235 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1078 Washington US198 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1345

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: 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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: feelings about like the world'sFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: 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 readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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 readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: 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'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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 three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little warmer 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'sQatar: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times 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'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNew Caledonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sDenmark: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little angrier than 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

● Belgium about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 301 stories about harm ● Peru about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 219 stories about harm ● Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 272 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 458 stories about harm ● Denmark about three times as fearful as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 677 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 12,687 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence23% 9,307 stories · about as usual Health21% 8,490 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 5,044 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,326 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,140 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 835 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 701 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 killed14,936 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,061 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting arrests5,253 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,106 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees751 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions465 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people displaced399 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Yemen and Syria Stories reporting evacuations221 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people falling ill167 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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The words in the day's stories were about as 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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