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What the world's news said happened to people.
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35,437 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Tripoli, deaths in Funchal and the earthquake in Taiwan. Libya's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Congo →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPortugal 64 in 100 of its 737 stories, usually 16
RegionCentral Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Libya

272 of its 363 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Tripoli accounted for 266 of Libya's 272 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (160 stories). Outbreaks were named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Portugal

474 of its 737 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Funchal accounted for 335 of Portugal's 474 stories about harm, carried by 356 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (337 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories → Funchal stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

323 of its 839 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (133 stories). Earthquake was named in 295 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides and tsunami. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Peru

174 of its 374 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Lima accounted for 146 of Peru's 174 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Bahrain

28 of its 106 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. 8 of Manama's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Ecuador

58 of its 82 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Quito accounted for 54 of Ecuador's 58 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. 52 of Quito's 54 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Senegal

24 of its 64 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

171 of its 420 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (59 stories). Storms were named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Congo

103 of its 119 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Romania

42 of its 162 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Nepal (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Greece (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Afghanistan (24 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); avalanche in Canada (107 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Ethiopia (11 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 18 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 35,437 stories about harm among 200,893 counted on 18 Apr.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 10 January 2019. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 200,893 stories, below the usual 19. It was the seventh day running that the news turned to Libya. In Taiwan's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Congo.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo87 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 70 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia83 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua76 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 76 · mostly rights & justice Libya75 in 100 of its 363 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen73 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK330 stories about protests or strikes, of its 612 Khartoum Sudan176 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 Washington US115 stories about protests or strikes, of its 968 Ramallah Palestine109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 361 Funchal Portugal105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 335

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: 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'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & 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'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSenegal: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLaos: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer 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 angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNauru: 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

● Libya about three times as angry as the world's · 272 stories about harm ● Pakistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 635 stories about harm ● Romania few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 215 stories about harm ● Congo about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 103 stories about harm ● Senegal few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 24 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 9,918 stories · about as usual Health24% 8,214 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents17% 5,927 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 5,499 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,339 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,226 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 892 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 657 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 killed10,054 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,444 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,786 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,450 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Portugal Stories reporting refugees466 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations411 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced322 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions234 at about half the usual rate · most about Pakistan and the US Stories reporting people falling ill163 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Congo

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 softer than 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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