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10,639 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Kabul, protests in Bogota (Colombia) and rights and justice in Tehran. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 52 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 75 in 100 of its 216 stories, usually 59
RegionCentral Asia 51 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

163 of its 216 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Kabul accounted for 101 of Afghanistan's 163 stories about harm, carried by 267 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

24 of its 50 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 11 of Bogota's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

104 of its 237 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tehran accounted for 82 of Iran's 104 stories about harm, carried by 493 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (36 stories).

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Health

Israel

209 of its 401 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (130 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Chad

Ndjamena accounted for 15 of Chad's 18 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Illness was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

Yangon accounted for 33 of Myanmar's 46 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. 31 of Yangon's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Malaysia

74 of its 224 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Germany

29 of Berlin's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

North Korea

Pyongyang accounted for 35 of North Korea's 40 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. 26 of Pyongyang's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

23 of its 37 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Chad (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in UK (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); polio in India (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 May. 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 10,639 stories about harm among 42,321 counted on 2 May.

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Ireland's news mentioned flooding more than ten times as often as usual. 25 in every 100 of the day's 42,321 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Afghanistan. On 2 May 2020, a year earlier, the share was 37 in every 100, against 25 today. Afghanistan's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 59%. This week the news turned most often to Burkina Faso, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar87 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan75 in 100 of its 216 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Israel52 in 100 of its 401 stories · usually 42 · mostly health Colombia48 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 36 · mostly health Türkiye48 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 367 Delhi India40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 406 Tehran Iran33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 82 Yangon Myanmar31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 33 Berlin Germany29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 35

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: 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: 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 Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: 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 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: 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 lessPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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: too little coverage to readLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: too little coverage to readLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 lessBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 23 outletsMinnesota, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 20 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 46 stories, carried by 33 outletsHollywood, US -- health: 80 stories, carried by 105 outletsKogi, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 73 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

● Mogadishu Somalia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Minnesota US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 46 stories ● Hollywood US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 80 stories ● Kogi Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health52% 5,430 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 1,990 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 1,018 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 969 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 536 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 227 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 201 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 154 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 killed3,469 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests938 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured813 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people affected797 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions99 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced88 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Myanmar and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees60 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations43 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill10 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 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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