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20,138 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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A disaster in Baghdad, people affected in Yemen and violence in Tehran drew the news. Iraq's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 56 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIran 52 in 100 of its 244 stories, usually 31
RegionSouth Asia 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
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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Disasters & accidents

Iraq

107 of its 150 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Baghdad accounted for 92 of Iraq's 107 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Health

Yemen

39 of its 51 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Diphtheria was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with measles. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

128 of its 244 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tehran accounted for 81 of Iran's 128 stories about harm, carried by 307 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories).

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

188 of its 348 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (100 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

533 of its 1,240 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Ukraine

91 of its 261 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Accidents were named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 149 of Israel's 221 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Thailand

113 of its 206 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Bangkok accounted for 80 of Thailand's 113 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

112 of its 197 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: accidents in Ukraine (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Romania (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Somalia (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in India (39 of its stories, about three times its usual); hepatitis in UK (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 26; 28 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 20,138 stories about harm among 82,421 counted on 26 Apr.

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Yemen's news mentioned the diphtheria more than ten times as often as usual. 24 in every 100 of the day's 82,421 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. For the second day running, the news turned to Iraq. On 26 April 2020, a year earlier, the share was 39 in every 100, against 24 today. Iraq's news was 71% about people being harmed, against a usual 57%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen76 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 60 · mostly health Iraq71 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 57 · mostly disasters & accidents Mozambique68 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh58 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 48 · mostly health Armenia57 in 100 of its 197 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 821 Jerusalem Israel59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 Delhi India49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 681 Moscow Russia48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138 London UK48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 294

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: 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'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: 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'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLiberia: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Armenia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 112 stories about harm ● Denmark few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as angry as the world's · 533 stories about harm ● Chad few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 94 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 188 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health56% 11,200 stories · more than usual (usually 53%) Rights & justice17% 3,471 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence9% 1,721 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,661 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 855 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 433 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 320 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 302 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 killed5,917 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,444 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,413 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured949 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees142 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations85 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill19 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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