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27,188 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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A disaster in Montevideo, volcanic eruption in Indonesia and protests in Brasilia (Brazil) drew the news. Chad's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 82 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPalestine 90 in 100 of its 126 stories, usually 50
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 51 in 100 of its stories, usually 41
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

Uruguay

26 of its 34 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Montevideo accounted for 26 of Uruguay's 26 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Uruguay over 30 days → its stories → Montevideo stories →
Health

Indonesia

145 of its 184 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Jakarta accounted for 65 of Indonesia's 145 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 54 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
Protests & strikes

Brazil

97 of its 159 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 8 of Brasilia's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Measles was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Brasilia stories →
Conflict & violence

Chad

20 of its 30 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Estonia

16 of its 27 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 6 of Saaremaa's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Health

Palestine

114 of its 126 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Ramallah accounted for 98 of Palestine's 114 stories about harm, carried by 9 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Sweden

32 of its 60 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

New Zealand

157 of its 368 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Health

United Arab Emirates

64 of its 137 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dubai accounted for 54 of the United Arab Emirates' 64 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

108 of its 146 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Kabul accounted for 61 of Afghanistan's 108 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Kenya (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in Mexico (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); ebola in Germany (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in France (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); ebola in Italy (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

43 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 40; 41 the day before
44 in 10033 in 10013 Mar20 Mar27 Mar3 Apr11 Apr13 Mar: 33 in 10014 Mar: 36 in 10015 Mar: 37 in 10016 Mar: 37 in 10017 Mar: 38 in 10018 Mar: 39 in 10019 Mar: 40 in 10020 Mar: 40 in 10021 Mar: 41 in 10022 Mar: 43 in 10023 Mar: 40 in 10024 Mar: 40 in 10025 Mar: 41 in 10026 Mar: 41 in 10027 Mar: 41 in 10028 Mar: 43 in 10029 Mar: 44 in 10030 Mar: 41 in 10031 Mar: 40 in 1001 Apr: 40 in 1002 Apr: 41 in 1003 Apr: 40 in 1004 Apr: 42 in 1005 Apr: 44 in 1006 Apr: 41 in 1007 Apr: 40 in 1008 Apr: 40 in 1009 Apr: 39 in 10010 Apr: 41 in 10011 Apr: 43 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 27,188 stories about harm among 63,429 counted on 11 Apr.

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Mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. In Uruguay, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual. A year earlier, on 12 April 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 43 today. 43 in every 100 of the day's 63,429 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 40.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine90 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 50 · mostly health Indonesia79 in 100 of its 184 stories · usually 61 · mostly health Afghanistan74 in 100 of its 146 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen73 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 72 · mostly health Kashmir67 in 100 of its 141 stories · usually 57 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1203 Delhi India48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 532 Wuhan China27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 407 Chicago US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 315 London UK21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 461

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMorocco: 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLebanon: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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 readJammu & Kashmir: 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'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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice 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 grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFiji: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBenin: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 114 stories about harm ● Chad few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 20 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Italy about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 380 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 108 stories about harm ● Brazil about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 97 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health82% 22,094 stories · less than usual (usually 84%) Rights & justice6% 1,501 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents5% 1,273 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 722 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence3% 683 stories · about as usual Shelter & services1% 398 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 200 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 188 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 killed9,251 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,728 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,265 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured1,111 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting evacuations160 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and Uruguay Stories reporting people falling ill94 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees67 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced61 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions44 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 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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