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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

usually 22; 24 the day before
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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.

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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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 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: too little coverage to readSomalia: 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 readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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 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 lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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 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: 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: 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 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 lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: too little coverage to readIran: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: 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 lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDR 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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 lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: 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 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: 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 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 lessCrimea: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSamoa: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualMadagascar: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualCairo, Egypt -- rights & justice: 154 stories, carried by 130 outletsStillwater, US -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsSouth Carolina, US -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 34 outletsCowes, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsSaskatchewan, Canada -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsAuckland, New Zealand -- health: 17 stories, carried by 11 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 166 stories, carried by 248 outletsWrexham, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 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

● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual ● Oman warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Cairo Egypt about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 154 stories ● Stillwater US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories ● South Carolina US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 31 stories ● Cowes UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Saskatchewan Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 15 stories

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 →

harshwarm

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.