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48,344 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Managua (Nicaragua), violence in Toronto and rights and justice in Copenhagen. Nicaragua's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPeru 56 in 100 of its 279 stories, usually 25
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 33 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

365 of its 416 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Managua accounted for 294 of Nicaragua's 365 stories about harm, carried by 251 outlets. 240 of Managua's 294 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (60 stories). Plague was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Canada

4,138 of its 9,196 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Toronto accounted for 3,196 of Canada's 4,138 stories about harm, carried by 1,980 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (2,821 stories). Plane crash was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Canada over 30 days → its stories → Toronto stories →
Rights & justice

Denmark

143 of its 331 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Copenhagen accounted for 131 of Denmark's 143 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (120 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Disasters & accidents

Türkiye

304 of its 651 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (180 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Armenia

541 of its 851 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Yerevan accounted for 424 of Armenia's 541 stories about harm, carried by 300 outlets. 295 of Yerevan's 424 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Peru

155 of its 279 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 9 of Lima's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Chile

109 of its 260 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 83 of Santiago's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Bangladesh

321 of its 549 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Dhaka accounted for 227 of Bangladesh's 321 stories about harm, carried by 179 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (125 stories). Building collapse was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

50 of its 58 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Mexico

457 of its 1,258 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Trinidad & Tobago (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in South Sudan (24 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in Egypt (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Kenya (46 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in Austria (14 of its stories, more than ten 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 24 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 48,344 stories about harm among 224,533 counted on 24 Apr.

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The news turned to Nicaragua for the sixth day running. 22 in every 100 of the day's 224,533 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Trinidad & Tobago's news, mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual. Nicaragua stood out: 88% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 72%. A year earlier, on 24 April 2017, 22 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 →

Nicaragua88 in 100 of its 416 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Bosnia86 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen79 in 100 of its 232 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Madagascar71 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan68 in 100 of its 624 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Toronto Canada644 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3196 Yerevan Armenia295 stories about protests or strikes, of its 424 Nashville US247 stories about protests or strikes, of its 744 Managua Nicaragua240 stories about protests or strikes, of its 294 Washington US240 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1852

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'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 readUkraine: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSri 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'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: 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: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSuriname: coverage a little more fearful 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'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSamoa: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBhutan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than 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 a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 425 stories about harm ● Oman about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 115 stories about harm ● Peru about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 155 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 183 stories about harm ● Sweden about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Bosnia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 50 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 15,270 stories · about as usual Health23% 11,005 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence21% 10,056 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 5,068 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,982 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,269 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 888 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 818 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 killed17,822 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured8,107 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting arrests6,867 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,698 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees737 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions578 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced314 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations223 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill154 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Singapore

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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