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The day's news pointed at protests in Algiers (Algeria), violence in Colombo and heavy rain in Colombia. Sri Lanka's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Sri Lanka and the US →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostCyprus 76 in 100 of its 135 stories, usually 15
RegionSouth Asia 53 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Algeria

84 of its 100 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Algiers accounted for 60 of Algeria's 84 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. 58 of Algiers' 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (32 stories).

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Conflict & violence

Sri Lanka

5,913 of its 6,394 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Colombo accounted for 4,242 of Sri Lanka's 5,913 stories about harm, carried by 1,955 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (2,409 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Colombia

82 of its 159 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (45 stories). Heavy rain was named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Cyprus

102 of its 135 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

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

Türkiye

174 of its 428 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 47 of Ankara's 80 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

517 of its 1,066 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (183 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 115 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami, power cuts and heavy rain.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

84 of its 152 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

160 of its 207 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Tripoli accounted for 152 of Libya's 160 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

France

470 of its 1,338 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Paris accounted for 418 of France's 470 stories about harm, carried by 450 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (120 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

630 of its 1,204 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Jerusalem accounted for 462 of Israel's 630 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Measles was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: extreme cold in Greenland (22 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); malaria in Malawi (24 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (115 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Italy (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 23 the day before
23 in 10018 in 10024 Mar31 Mar7 Apr14 Apr22 Apr24 Mar: 20 in 10025 Mar: 19 in 10026 Mar: 18 in 10027 Mar: 20 in 10028 Mar: 20 in 10029 Mar: 19 in 10030 Mar: 21 in 10031 Mar: 19 in 1001 Apr: 18 in 1002 Apr: 18 in 1003 Apr: 19 in 1004 Apr: 19 in 1005 Apr: 19 in 1006 Apr: 20 in 1007 Apr: 20 in 1008 Apr: 20 in 1009 Apr: 19 in 10010 Apr: 19 in 10011 Apr: 19 in 10012 Apr: 19 in 10013 Apr: 19 in 10014 Apr: 20 in 10015 Apr: 19 in 10016 Apr: 18 in 10017 Apr: 19 in 10018 Apr: 18 in 10019 Apr: 19 in 10020 Apr: 20 in 10021 Apr: 23 in 10022 Apr: 21 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 32,426 stories about harm among 154,166 counted on 22 Apr.

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Algeria stood out: 84% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Sri Lanka and the US. On 22 April 2018, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 21 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 154,166 stories, above the usual 19.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sri Lanka92 in 100 of its 6,394 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Mali86 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Algeria84 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 29 · mostly rights & justice Libya77 in 100 of its 207 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Cyprus76 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 15 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK222 stories about protests or strikes, of its 395 Paris France157 stories about protests or strikes, of its 418 Colombo Sri Lanka119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 4242 Raleigh US109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 Washington US101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 711

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: 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'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as 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

● Lebanon about three times as fearful as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 129 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 5,913 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 623 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 174 stories about harm ● Congo about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 77 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence32% 10,334 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Rights & justice23% 7,305 stories · much less than usual (usually 30%) Health16% 5,158 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents15% 4,726 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,058 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,115 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 659 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 594 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 killed13,478 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sri Lanka and the US Stories reporting arrests6,075 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sri Lanka and the US Stories reporting people injured5,929 at about twice the usual rate · most about Sri Lanka and the US Stories reporting people affected2,876 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions368 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees330 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Greece and the US Stories reporting people displaced237 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations193 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Mexico and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill45 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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