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19,023 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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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.

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readN. 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readMalawi: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKansas, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 33 outletsMankato, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 29 outletsPulwama, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 16 outletsPenrith, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsWest Yorkshire, UK -- health: 25 stories, carried by 37 outletsCanberra, Australia -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 19 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 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

● Kansas US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Mankato US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Pulwama Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Penrith UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● West Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 25 stories

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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