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21,529 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Illness in Jerusalem, violence in Batken and protests in Ndjamena (Chad) drew the news. Israel's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India →
Part of lifeHealth 55 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIsrael 65 in 100 of its 938 stories, usually 39
RegionCentral Asia 57 in 100 of its stories, usually 36
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Health

Israel

612 of its 938 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jerusalem accounted for 232 of Israel's 612 stories about harm, carried by 515 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Wildfires were named in 61 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plague and avalanche. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Conflict & violence

Kyrgyzstan

71 of its 103 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Batken accounted for 33 of Kyrgyzstan's 71 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kyrgyzstan over 30 days → its stories → Batken stories →
Protests & strikes

Chad

Ndjamena accounted for 23 of Chad's 32 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. 16 of Ndjamena's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Madagascar

18 of its 31 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Drought was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Afghanistan

164 of its 227 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kabul accounted for 73 of Afghanistan's 164 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

UK

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Heavy rain was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Tajikistan

25 of its 37 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

25 of its 36 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Brazil

141 of its 274 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

United Arab Emirates

34 of its 100 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: covid in Taiwan (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in St Vincent (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Uganda (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Australia (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Canada (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 21,529 stories about harm among 88,959 counted on 30 Apr.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India. of the day's 88,959 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 25. Madagascar's news mentioned the drought about 6 times as often as usual. On 30 April 2020, a year earlier, the share was 35 in every 100, against 24 today. In Israel, 65% of the news was about people being harmed, where 39% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

St Vincent79 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 78 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan72 in 100 of its 227 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Kyrgyzstan69 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Israel65 in 100 of its 938 stories · usually 39 · mostly health Venezuela58 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 41 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 947 Jerusalem Israel44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 232 Moscow Russia43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 London UK35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 354 Beijing China28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101

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'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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'sSomalia: 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 readSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: 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'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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'sMorocco: 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'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: 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'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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 about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: 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 more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer 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'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 612 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 164 stories about harm ● Chad few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Armenia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● Hong Kong few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Brazil about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 141 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health55% 11,704 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 4,105 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,759 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,429 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 903 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 636 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 436 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 351 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 killed6,022 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,659 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,577 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,351 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced149 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions142 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations134 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill40 at about twice 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 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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