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34,319 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Manama (Bahrain), violence in Tripoli and people killed in North Macedonia. Libya's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBahrain 52 in 100 of its 188 stories, usually 5
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

97 of its 188 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 5%. 25 of Manama's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Bahrain over 30 days → its stories → Manama stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

425 of its 564 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tripoli accounted for 389 of Libya's 425 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (161 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Health

North Macedonia

29 of its 62 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Measles was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

North Macedonia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Nicaragua

63 of its 74 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Managua accounted for 51 of Nicaragua's 63 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories → Managua stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Displacement

Ecuador

110 of its 191 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Quito accounted for 58 of Ecuador's 110 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Syria

270 of its 348 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Natural hazards were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Madagascar

28 of its 49 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Wildfires were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with diphtheria and measles. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Snowstorms were named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with train derailment. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Congo

106 of its 118 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Haemorrhagic fever was named in 77 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: haemorrhagic fever in Congo (77 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Yemen (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Afghanistan (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (36 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); cholera in Kenya (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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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 34,319 stories about harm among 194,169 counted on 16 Apr.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 10 January 2019. 18 in every 100 of the day's 194,169 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. In Bahrain, 52% of the news was about people being harmed, where 5% is usual. Congo's news mentioned haemorrhagic fever more than ten times as often as usual. On 16 April 2018, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo90 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 66 · mostly health Nicaragua85 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 75 · mostly rights & justice Syria78 in 100 of its 348 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique77 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 89 · mostly disasters & accidents Libya75 in 100 of its 564 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France338 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1816 London UK318 stories about protests or strikes, of its 601 Jerusalem Israel127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 338 Ramallah Palestine104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 443 Washington US100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1024

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSierra 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 readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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'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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuam: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: 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

● Libya about three times as angry as the world's · 425 stories about harm ● Iran about three times as fearful as the world's · 228 stories about harm ● North Macedonia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Bahrain about twice as fearful as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as angry as the world's · 63 stories about harm ● Nicaragua about twice as fearful as the world's · 63 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 9,512 stories · about as usual Health22% 7,471 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 6,142 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 5,400 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,165 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,223 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,071 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 797 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 killed9,208 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting arrests4,928 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,205 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,000 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting refugees476 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced405 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions305 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and New Zealand Stories reporting evacuations229 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people falling ill39 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine

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
● Griefa little less than 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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