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The day's news pointed at rights and justice in Tigray and Ouagadougou and protests in Colombo (Sri Lanka). Ethiopia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 46 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostEthiopia 65 in 100 of its 80 stories, usually 42
RegionCentral Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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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Rights & justice

Ethiopia

52 of its 80 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tigray accounted for 39 of Ethiopia's 52 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Hunger was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. 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.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Tigray stories →
Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

140 of its 282 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Colombo accounted for 85 of Sri Lanka's 140 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. 68 of Colombo's 85 stories were about protests or strikes. Hunger was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

43 of its 68 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Ouagadougou accounted for 25 of Burkina Faso's 43 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Kashmir

69 of its 141 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jammu accounted for 39 of Kashmir's 69 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

23 of its 33 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

1,004 of its 3,088 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 434 of Ukraine's 915 stories about harm, carried by 670 outlets. 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.

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Rights & justice

Belarus

10 of its 14 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

19 of its 42 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 4 of Caracas' 8 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: food poisoning in Ireland (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Australia (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); food poisoning in UK (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in China (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Canada (11 of its stories, about three 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 6 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 19,023 stories about harm among 87,393 counted on 6 Apr.

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Ethiopia's news mentioned the hunger about three times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 87,393 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 6 April 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 22 today. Ethiopia stood out: 65% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 42%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia65 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 42 · mostly rights & justice Burkina Faso63 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Syria58 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan57 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Somalia54 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 781 Colombo Sri Lanka68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 85 Moscow Russia63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 531 Kyiv Ukraine42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 434 Shanghai China25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 198

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: 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'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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'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'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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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 readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: 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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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 readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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'sVietnam: 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'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than 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'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times 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 about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Ukraine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 915 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,004 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about twice as angry as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 23 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 36 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health46% 8,737 stories · more than usual (usually 43%) Rights & justice19% 3,539 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,252 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 1,786 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 950 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 586 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 521 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 446 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 killed3,994 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,743 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,430 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured895 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees346 at about half the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced267 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations255 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions117 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 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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