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The news turned to protests in Colombo (Sri Lanka), a disaster in Baku and violence in Kyiv. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostAzerbaijan 67 in 100 of its 73 stories, usually 20
RegionEast Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

144 of its 316 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Colombo accounted for 106 of Sri Lanka's 144 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. 83 of Colombo's 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Azerbaijan

49 of its 73 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Baku accounted for 40 of Azerbaijan's 49 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories → Baku stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

789 of its 1,526 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Kyiv accounted for 521 of Ukraine's 789 stories about harm, carried by 733 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 43 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Brazil

45 of its 105 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Landslides were named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding and heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

34 of its 44 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

176 of its 344 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Jerusalem accounted for 92 of Israel's 176 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

280 of its 821 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

India

627 of its 2,021 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (13 stories). Road crashes were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with hunger and train derailment.

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Protests & strikes

Pakistan

54 of Islamabad's 82 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: landslides in Brazil (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Ireland (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Canada (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in India (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 9,197 stories about harm among 39,510 counted on 3 Apr.

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The news turned to Sri Lanka for the third day running. 23 in every 100 of the day's 39,510 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 3 April 2021, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. Sri Lanka stood out: 46% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 35%. This week the news turned most often to Sri Lanka, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Azerbaijan67 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 20 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen52 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine52 in 100 of its 1,526 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Israel51 in 100 of its 344 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan49 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kyiv Ukraine116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 521 Colombo Sri Lanka83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 Sacramento US59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174 Islamabad Pakistan54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 82 Washington US48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 252

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: too little coverage to readVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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 lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 lessJordan: 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: 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 readDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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 lessBrazil: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualUtah, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 44 outletsPalm Desert, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsCroagh Patrick, Ireland -- health: 14 stories, carried by 114 outletsHodeida, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 42 outletsOsun, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 11 outletsValletta, Malta -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 148 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 63 stories, carried by 17 outletsOttawa, Canada -- health: 16 stories, carried by 18 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

● Utah US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Palm Desert US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 14 stories ● Croagh Patrick Ireland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Hodeida Yemen about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Osun Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 21 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health40% 3,661 stories · less than usual (usually 43%) Rights & justice18% 1,611 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 1,582 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Disasters & accidents10% 916 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 458 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 382 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 313 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 185 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 killed2,458 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people affected1,030 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured815 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting arrests793 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees316 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced133 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations95 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions77 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about one and a half times 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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