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20,461 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Moscow (Russia), violence in Ndjamena and illness in Prague. Chad's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 52 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPakistan 47 in 100 of its 642 stories, usually 36
RegionSouth Asia 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Russia

333 of its 916 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Moscow accounted for 233 of Russia's 333 stories about harm, carried by 489 outlets. 121 of Moscow's 233 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Poisoning was named in 136 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Conflict & violence

Chad

36 of its 46 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Ndjamena accounted for 22 of Chad's 36 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Chad over 30 days → its stories → Ndjamena stories →
Health

Czechia

51 of its 127 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Prague accounted for 36 of the Czechia's 51 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Poisoning was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories → Prague stories →
Disasters & accidents

Egypt

Cairo accounted for 69 of Egypt's 109 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Train derailment was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

304 of its 642 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 81 of Lahore's 113 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Africa

364 of its 949 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Wildfires were named in 70 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms.

its stories →
Health

Hong Kong

58 of its 158 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Albania

12 of its 17 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Malawi

30 of its 80 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Health

India

1,606 of its 4,513 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Flooding was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: covid in New Zealand (33 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in South Africa (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (57 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); outbreaks in Ghana (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in China (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 26; 28 the day before
28 in 10024 in 10021 Mar28 Mar4 Apr11 Apr19 Apr21 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 1006 Apr: 25 in 1007 Apr: 25 in 1008 Apr: 25 in 1009 Apr: 25 in 10010 Apr: 27 in 10011 Apr: 28 in 10012 Apr: 25 in 10013 Apr: 26 in 10014 Apr: 25 in 10015 Apr: 24 in 10016 Apr: 25 in 10017 Apr: 27 in 10018 Apr: 28 in 10019 Apr: 25 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 20,461 stories about harm among 82,857 counted on 19 Apr.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 82,857 stories, below the usual 26. It was the second day running that the news turned to Russia. In Russia's news, mentions of poisoning ran about three times their usual. On 19 April 2020, a year earlier, the share was 42 in every 100, against 25 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar75 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 83 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan56 in 100 of its 235 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq55 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Syria53 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh48 in 100 of its 199 stories · usually 49 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US195 stories about protests or strikes, of its 705 Minneapolis US182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 255 Moscow Russia121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 233 Chicago US89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 247 Lahore Pakistan81 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: 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 readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUruguay: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBhutan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than 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'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Hong Kong about twice as fearful as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Chad few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 131 stories about harm ● Rwanda few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 109 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 30 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health52% 10,518 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 4,067 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 1,929 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 1,700 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,065 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 437 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 309 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 286 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 killed6,140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,714 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,421 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,271 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions213 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Pakistan and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees205 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations107 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 harsher 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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