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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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
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

usually 21; 22 the day before
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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.

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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.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: 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 lessBenin: 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 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 lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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 lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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 readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBhutan: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualStockholm, Sweden -- health: 60 stories, carried by 68 outletsPulwama, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 55 stories, carried by 29 outletsMandla, India -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsNebraska, US -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 18 outletsWisconsin, US -- health: 28 stories, carried by 23 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsReykjavik, Iceland -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsDarfur, Sudan -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 11 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

● Ecuador warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Oman warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Stockholm Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 60 stories ● Pulwama Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 55 stories ● Mandla India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Nebraska US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories ● Wisconsin US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 28 stories

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 →

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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