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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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
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
44 in 10037 in 10015 Mar22 Mar29 Mar5 Apr13 Apr15 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 10012 Apr: 44 in 10013 Apr: 42 in 100 · this day

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.

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 lessVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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 lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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 lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 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: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: 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 readGuatemala: 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 lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: 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: 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 lessCentral 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 lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia 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 lessAzerbaijan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad 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: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: about as warm as its own usual or lessSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualVanuatu: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualGlasgow, UK -- health: 59 stories, carried by 120 outletsBerkshire, UK -- health: 32 stories, carried by 30 outletsPrince Edward Island, Canada -- health: 13 stories, carried by 55 outletsInvercargill, New Zealand -- health: 22 stories, carried by 98 outletsBaisakhi, India -- health: 18 stories, carried by 20 outletsNew Mexico, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 50 outletsMilan, Italy -- health: 82 stories, carried by 278 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- rights & justice: 75 stories, carried by 72 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

● Portugal warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Glasgow UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 59 stories ● Berkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 32 stories ● Prince Edward Island Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Invercargill New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories ● Baisakhi India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories

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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