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44,119 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to arrests in Ukraine, illness in Jammu and protests in Yangon (Myanmar). Kashmir's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 83 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostFiji 61 in 100 of its 64 stories, usually 40
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Ukraine

177 of its 285 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (49 stories). Storms were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

122 of its 182 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Jammu accounted for 65 of Kashmir's 122 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
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Health

Belgium

74 of its 130 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Brussels accounted for 59 of Belgium's 74 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Health

Libya

Tripoli accounted for 36 of Libya's 46 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Nigeria

Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (24 stories). HIV was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tuberculosis and hunger. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

China

Wuhan accounted for 1,178 of China's 2,368 stories about harm, carried by 1,392 outlets. Flooding was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Honduras

11 of its 17 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hiv in Nigeria (32 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Canada (35 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in China (43 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in India (33 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in US (27 of its stories, about three times its usual).

38 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 41; 38 the day before
44 in 10038 in 10019 Mar26 Mar2 Apr9 Apr17 Apr19 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 10014 Apr: 40 in 10015 Apr: 39 in 10016 Apr: 38 in 10017 Apr: 38 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 44,119 stories about harm among 114,926 counted on 17 Apr.

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Mentions of storms ran about 4 times their usual in Ukraine's news. On 18 April 2019, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 38 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 38 in every 100 of the day's 114,926 stories, below the usual 41. Ukraine's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 50%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya73 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 66 · mostly health Yemen72 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 73 · mostly health Liberia69 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 56 · mostly health Afghanistan68 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir67 in 100 of its 182 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US274 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2040 New York US55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 697 Wuhan China46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1178 Jerusalem Israel41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 117 Michigan US41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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'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'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readGaza: 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: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuam: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSão Tomé: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGrenada: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 122 stories about harm ● Ecuador few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 18 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Libya few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 177 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health83% 36,238 stories · about as usual Rights & justice6% 2,450 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents4% 1,664 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence2% 1,059 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given2% 1,010 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 777 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 433 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 284 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 killed12,835 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,751 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,989 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,472 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees231 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill151 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations118 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions89 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 softer 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.