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22,747 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to landslides in Mozambique, violence in Idlib and protests in Yerevan (Armenia). Syria's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostCyprus 92 in 100 of its 213 stories, usually 28
RegionSouth Asia 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
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

Mozambique

334 of its 343 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 84%. Macomia accounted for 135 of Mozambique's 334 stories about harm, carried by 206 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (35 stories). Landslides were named in 189 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, hurricane and storm surge. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories → Macomia stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

240 of its 274 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Idlib accounted for 136 of Syria's 240 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Idlib stories →
Protests & strikes

Armenia

91 of its 180 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Yerevan accounted for 76 of Armenia's 91 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. 69 of Yerevan's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories → Yerevan stories →
Rights & justice

Cyprus

196 of its 213 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (128 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cyprus over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Sri Lanka

2,185 of its 2,320 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Colombo accounted for 1,357 of Sri Lanka's 2,185 stories about harm, carried by 1,085 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sweden

59 of its 116 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 26 of Stockholm's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

99 of its 238 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 10 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Tunisia

15 of its 30 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Spain

183 of its 851 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Russia

193 of its 1,007 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 59 of Moscow's 108 stories were about protests or strikes. Measles was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Israel (104 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (73 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); malaria in Ghana (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in France (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Russia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 22,747 stories about harm among 112,613 counted on 27 Apr.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Mozambique. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 112,613 stories, as usual. Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in Mozambique's news. In Mozambique, 97% of the news was about people being harmed, where 84% is usual. A year earlier, on 27 April 2018, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique97 in 100 of its 343 stories · usually 84 · mostly disasters & accidents Sri Lanka94 in 100 of its 2,320 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Cyprus92 in 100 of its 213 stories · usually 28 · mostly rights & justice Syria88 in 100 of its 274 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq66 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 44 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US456 stories about protests or strikes, of its 840 Colombo Sri Lanka257 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1357 Maine US119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126 Khartoum Sudan101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 103 London UK95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 314

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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: 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 readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: 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 lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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 readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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 lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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 lessBangladesh: 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 lessAustria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualDominican Republic: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 21 outletsVirginia Beach, US -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsBerkshire, UK -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsBurlington, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 76 outletsNottingham, UK -- health: 37 stories, carried by 56 outletsGrahamstown, South Africa -- food & livelihood: 18 stories, carried by 15 outletsMadrid, Spain -- conflict & violence: 121 stories, carried by 128 outletsLahore, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 13 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

● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Africa warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bogota Colombia about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Virginia Beach US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Berkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 15 stories ● Burlington US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Nottingham UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 37 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 6,046 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence25% 5,543 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Health21% 4,641 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 3,387 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,000 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 745 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 592 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 421 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 killed7,731 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,204 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Sri Lanka Stories reporting arrests2,633 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,572 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations278 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions216 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced209 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees200 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill60 at about the usual rate

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.

● 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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