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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

how these are picked →
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.

its stories →
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

usually 26; 28 the day before
28 in 10024 in 1007 Mar14 Mar21 Mar28 Mar5 Apr7 Mar: 27 in 1008 Mar: 25 in 1009 Mar: 25 in 10010 Mar: 25 in 10011 Mar: 26 in 10012 Mar: 26 in 10013 Mar: 27 in 10014 Mar: 28 in 10015 Mar: 26 in 10016 Mar: 25 in 10017 Mar: 26 in 10018 Mar: 25 in 10019 Mar: 24 in 10020 Mar: 27 in 10021 Mar: 27 in 10022 Mar: 25 in 10023 Mar: 26 in 10024 Mar: 25 in 10025 Mar: 25 in 10026 Mar: 25 in 10027 Mar: 27 in 10028 Mar: 28 in 10029 Mar: 26 in 10030 Mar: 25 in 10031 Mar: 25 in 1001 Apr: 24 in 1002 Apr: 26 in 1003 Apr: 27 in 1004 Apr: 28 in 1005 Apr: 26 in 100 · this day

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.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 lessKazakhstan: 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 lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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 readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readEl 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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 lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint 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 readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBermuda: warmth about its own usualBijapur, India -- conflict & violence: 45 stories, carried by 25 outletsColorado, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsOwerri, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 66 stories, carried by 42 outletsAnadolu, Türkiye -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsIstanbul, Türkiye -- rights & justice: 40 stories, carried by 41 outletsNottingham, UK -- health: 23 stories, carried by 14 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 32 outletsSokoto, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 13 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Bijapur India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 45 stories ● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Owerri Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 66 stories ● Anadolu Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Istanbul Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 40 stories

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.