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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

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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
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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.

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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 lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: 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 lessOman: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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 readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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 lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readJapan: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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 readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: 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 readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: too little coverage to readAksai 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readSiachen Glacier: too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSlovenia: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualLuxembourg: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualBrunei: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBosnia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualMopti, Mali -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsKivu, Uganda -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsMaiduguri, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsNorfolk, US -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 26 outletsBraunau, Austria -- rights & justice: 45 stories, carried by 43 outletsAndalusia, Spain -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 14 outletsCreggan, UK -- conflict & violence: 57 stories, carried by 172 outletsSarajevo, Bosnia -- conflict & violence: 35 stories, carried by 31 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

● Bosnia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Austria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Brunei warmth about one and a half times usual ● Saudi Arabia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Mopti Mali about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Kivu Uganda about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Maiduguri Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Norfolk US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 28 stories ● Braunau Austria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 45 stories

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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