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Protests in Lima (Peru), violence in Kyiv and train derailment in Hungary drew the news. Ukraine's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 44 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHungary 43 in 100 of its 199 stories, usually 22
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Peru

34 of its 91 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Lima accounted for 29 of Peru's 34 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. 20 of Lima's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

1,033 of its 2,101 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Kyiv accounted for 553 of Ukraine's 1,033 stories about harm, carried by 813 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (39 stories). HIV was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Disasters & accidents

Hungary

85 of its 199 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Train derailment was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Hungary over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Sudan

57 of its 84 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Darfur accounted for 41 of Sudan's 57 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 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.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
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Conflict & violence

Russia

1,035 of its 2,953 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Moscow accounted for 574 of Russia's 1,035 stories about harm, carried by 778 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

38 of its 48 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

23 of its 74 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 104 of Israel's 204 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

Colombo accounted for 84 of Sri Lanka's 135 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. 59 of Colombo's 84 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Australia (27 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 18,814 stories about harm among 84,085 counted on 5 Apr.

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In Hungary's news, mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 84,085 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 5 April 2021, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. In Peru, 37% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan68 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Syria56 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Palestine50 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq50 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine49 in 100 of its 2,101 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 656 Moscow Russia61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 574 Colombo Sri Lanka59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84 Jerusalem Israel34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 104 Manhattan US28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 123

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'sVietnam: 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 readPuerto 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: 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'sSaudi Arabia: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sMorocco: 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'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'sLesotho: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: 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'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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 angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful 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

● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 30 stories about harm ● Ukraine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,033 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,035 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as fearful as the world's · 204 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 314 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 57 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health44% 8,120 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 3,673 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence13% 2,353 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 1,780 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 1,031 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 626 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 515 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 512 stories · less than usual (usually 5%)

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 killed4,280 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,703 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,423 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,030 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees334 at about half the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting people displaced307 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions181 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations151 at about half the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Greece

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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The words in the day's stories were about as 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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