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22,744 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Ndjamena, train derailment in Egypt and people displaced in India. Chad's coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 52 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostChad 69 in 100 of its 364 stories, usually 31
RegionSouth Asia 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
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 →
Conflict & violence

Chad

252 of its 364 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Ndjamena accounted for 177 of Chad's 252 stories about harm, carried by 431 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (125 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Chad over 30 days → its stories → Ndjamena stories →
Disasters & accidents

Egypt

Cairo accounted for 44 of Egypt's 74 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Train derailment was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Health

India

1,595 of its 4,562 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Tsunami was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

India over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Czechia

40 of its 99 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Poisoning was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Health

Trinidad & Tobago

30 of its 70 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

United Arab Emirates

70 of its 279 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Dubai accounted for 61 of the United Arab Emirates' 70 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

81 of its 205 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Ghana

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Malaria was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →
Health

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 18 of Yemen's 36 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Covid was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: covid in Yemen (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Czechia (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in South Africa (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (44 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); malaria in Ghana (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 26; 25 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 22,744 stories about harm among 92,217 counted on 20 Apr.

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The news turned to Chad for the third day running. 25 in every 100 of the day's 92,217 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. In Chad, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual. Yemen's news mentioned Covid about three times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 20 April 2020, 38 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

St Vincent75 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 74 · mostly disasters & accidents Chad69 in 100 of its 364 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen68 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 61 · mostly health Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 222 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine51 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 47 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US335 stories about protests or strikes, of its 958 Minneapolis US236 stories about protests or strikes, of its 393 Moscow Russia86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 178 Chicago US86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 295 Los Angeles US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 190

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: 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: 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 lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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 lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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 lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: 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: too little coverage to readItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-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 lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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 lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readUkraine: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualHainan, China -- health: 13 stories, carried by 17 outletsNorth Dakota, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 24 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsNebraska, US -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsTowie, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsFrogmore, UK -- health: 30 stories, carried by 31 outletsBerlin, Germany -- health: 32 stories, carried by 31 outletsSaskatchewan, Canada -- health: 22 stories, carried by 14 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

● Hainan China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● North Dakota US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Brussels Belgium about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Nebraska US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Towie UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health52% 11,709 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 5,135 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents8% 1,871 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 1,799 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 950 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 497 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 316 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 258 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 killed6,084 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,845 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,487 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,122 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees134 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people displaced132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations112 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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