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17,538 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to storms in Bangladesh, violence in Darfur and protests in Yangon (Myanmar). Sudan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Indonesia →
Part of lifeHealth 53 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 71 in 100 of its 252 stories, usually 49
RegionSouth Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

135 of its 216 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Dhaka accounted for 112 of Bangladesh's 135 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (104 stories). Storms were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

46 of its 68 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Darfur accounted for 33 of Sudan's 46 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

Yangon accounted for 27 of Myanmar's 60 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. 26 of Yangon's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

65 of its 127 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Hualien accounted for 39 of Taiwan's 65 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Accidents were named in 26 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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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

178 of its 252 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (120 stories). Landslides were named in 124 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone, storms and heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Timor-Leste

25 of its 27 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Landslides were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Türkiye

107 of its 211 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

20 of its 31 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Jordan

120 of its 247 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (87 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Indonesia (124 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Timor-Leste (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Taiwan (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tuberculosis in Russia (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Australia (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 17,538 stories about harm among 68,614 counted on 5 Apr.

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Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Indonesia. 26 in every 100 of the day's 68,614 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 5 April 2020, 44 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today. Bangladesh's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 45%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar81 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 85 · mostly rights & justice Mozambique71 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia71 in 100 of its 252 stories · usually 49 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan68 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh62 in 100 of its 216 stories · usually 45 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 557 Chicago US46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 180 Northern Ireland UK39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 120 Moscow Russia32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101 London UK30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 200

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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'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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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 readCzech 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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: 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: 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'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMozambique: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBhutan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: 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 twice 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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

● Indonesia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 178 stories about harm ● Kashmir about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 23 stories about harm ● Armenia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 21 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 228 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health53% 9,193 stories · about as usual Rights & justice18% 3,174 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents11% 1,872 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 1,364 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 837 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 387 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 287 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 243 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 killed4,901 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,558 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,411 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,036 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations176 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people displaced137 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Mozambique and Sudan Stories reporting abductions123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees104 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill18 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
● 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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