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Most of the day's attention went to people killed in Congo, protests in Bogota (Colombia) and violence in Ramallah. Colombia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 53 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPuerto Rico 57 in 100 of its 63 stories, usually 25
RegionCentral Asia 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
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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Health

Congo

23 of its 26 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Ebola was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

47 of its 82 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 16 of Bogota's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

38 of its 63 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Ramallah accounted for 26 of Palestine's 38 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Ramallah stories →
Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

36 of its 63 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Puerto Rico over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

Yangon accounted for 30 of Myanmar's 51 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. 29 of Yangon's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Namibia

28 of its 60 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Windhoek accounted for 24 of Namibia's 28 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

20 of its 23 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 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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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

143 of its 201 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Iran

97 of its 243 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 73 of Iran's 97 stories about harm, carried by 287 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (38 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

107 of its 192 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Taiwan (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); ebola in DR Congo (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drownings in Libya (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about 10 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 3 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 18,753 stories about harm among 75,093 counted on 3 May.

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25 in every 100 of the day's 75,093 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 3 May 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 →

Myanmar88 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 81 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 201 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Syria66 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal64 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 47 · mostly health Palestine60 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 641 Delhi India31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 500 Yangon Myanmar29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 30 Tehran Iran29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 73 Elizabeth City US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 51

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: 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 lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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 lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: 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: too little coverage to readCape 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: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualNamibia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualWindhoek, Namibia -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 25 outletsArizona, US -- health: 26 stories, carried by 26 outletsNandigram, India -- health: 17 stories, carried by 19 outletsAlbuquerque, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 32 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 41 stories, carried by 25 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 28 stories, carried by 12 outletsSussex, UK -- health: 37 stories, carried by 157 outletsShiv, India -- health: 17 stories, carried by 23 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

● Namibia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Windhoek Namibia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 24 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 26 stories ● Nandigram India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Albuquerque US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 41 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health53% 9,911 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 3,463 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 1,918 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,344 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 822 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 411 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 404 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 284 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 killed5,253 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,493 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,414 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,120 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees172 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced115 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations67 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK 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 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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