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38,818 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to rights and justice in Kabul, illness in Dubai and evacuations in Fiji. Nicaragua's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 80 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPalestine 71 in 100 of its 111 stories, usually 51
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 49 in 100 of its stories, usually 42
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

115 of its 154 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Kabul accounted for 75 of Afghanistan's 115 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

39 of its 72 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories).

Fiji over 30 days → its stories →
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Health

Ecuador

35 of its 47 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Guayaquil accounted for 29 of Ecuador's 35 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Sri Lanka

86 of its 165 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Health

Russia

412 of its 871 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Palestine

79 of its 111 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Ramallah accounted for 52 of Palestine's 79 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets.

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Health

Brazil

165 of its 287 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Health

Congo

36 of its 41 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in North Korea (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); wildfires in Ukraine (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tornadoes in US (722 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in Canada (23 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); earthquake in India (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

42 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 41; 44 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 38,818 stories about harm among 93,195 counted on 13 Apr.

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The news turned to Afghanistan for the second day running. 42 in every 100 of the day's 93,195 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In North Korea's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 8 times their usual. On 14 April 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 42 today. Afghanistan's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 66%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan75 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Syria73 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 71 · mostly health Palestine71 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 51 · mostly health Nepal70 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 58 · mostly health Yemen69 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 73 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1920 Jerusalem Israel36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 178 Wuhan China35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 570 Delhi India32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 594 New York US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 879

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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'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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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 readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: 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'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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: 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 readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: feelings about like the world'sSint 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 angrier than the world'sZambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTogo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSão Tomé: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than 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'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBenin: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as angry 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

● Kashmir about three times as angry as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Ecuador few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 86 stories about harm ● Libya few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Syria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 66 stories about harm ● Spain about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 336 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health80% 30,856 stories · less than usual (usually 85%) Disasters & accidents6% 2,439 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Rights & justice5% 2,025 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 939 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given2% 905 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence2% 854 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 387 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 222 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 killed12,130 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected2,368 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,591 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests1,584 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations160 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill109 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting people displaced99 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees83 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting abductions58 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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than usual
● Feara little less than 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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