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The news turned to volcanic eruption in the Philippines, protests in Algiers (Algeria) and rights and justice in Arakan. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMyanmar 93 in 100 of its 278 stories, usually 48
RegionSouth Asia 45 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

988 of its 1,512 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (496 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 102 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with power cuts and building collapse. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Algeria

72 of its 138 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Algiers accounted for 61 of Algeria's 72 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. 40 of Algiers' 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (36 stories).

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Rights & justice

Myanmar

259 of its 278 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Arakan accounted for 178 of Myanmar's 259 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (191 stories).

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Arakan stories →
Health

Malawi

163 of its 239 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (123 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Poland

55 of its 210 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 13 of Warsaw's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ireland

54 of Creggan's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (79 stories). Wildfires were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Sri Lanka

3,968 of its 4,337 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Colombo accounted for 2,687 of Sri Lanka's 3,968 stories about harm, carried by 1,601 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Germany

447 of its 1,533 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (185 stories). Road crashes were named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

159 of its 219 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Tripoli accounted for 151 of Libya's 159 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

63 of its 183 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: extreme cold in Greenland (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tropical storm in Mozambique (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in South Africa (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Germany (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Ireland (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 21 the day before
23 in 10018 in 10025 Mar1 Apr8 Apr15 Apr23 Apr25 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 10023 Apr: 20 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 37,250 stories about harm among 184,545 counted on 23 Apr.

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The Philippines' news was 65% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. of the day's 184,545 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 23 April 2018, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar93 in 100 of its 278 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Sri Lanka91 in 100 of its 4,337 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique81 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 85 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia77 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Libya73 in 100 of its 219 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK291 stories about protests or strikes, of its 606 Northern Ireland UK283 stories about protests or strikes, of its 370 Washington US255 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1068 Colombo Sri Lanka222 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2687 Chicago US131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 897

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: 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 readGuam: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: 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'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNiue: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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'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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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 readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTunisia: 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'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sLuxembourg: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 three times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAnguilla: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Iran about three times as fearful as the world's · 408 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about twice as angry as the world's · 3,968 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as fearful as the world's · 380 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 76 stories about harm ● Austria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 79 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 340 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 10,128 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence25% 9,335 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Health18% 6,598 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents15% 5,631 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,530 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,267 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 663 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 565 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 killed14,431 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Sri Lanka Stories reporting arrests6,299 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sri Lanka and the US Stories reporting people injured5,687 at about twice the usual rate · most about Sri Lanka and the US Stories reporting people affected3,600 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations356 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions346 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced332 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees254 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Libya Stories reporting people falling ill30 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Greece

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

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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