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20,826 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Nablus, flooding in South Africa and refugees in South Sudan drew the news. Palestine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 41 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPalestine 80 in 100 of its 91 stories, usually 54
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

73 of its 91 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Nablus accounted for 47 of Palestine's 73 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

South Africa

447 of its 953 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Flooding was named in 169 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with heavy rain, tropical storm and cyclone.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

South Sudan

25 of its 36 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Egypt

75 of its 245 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Pakistan

200 of its 703 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

New Zealand

223 of its 563 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Cyclone was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts.

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

254 of its 610 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Typhoon was named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flooding, tropical storm and drownings.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

796 of its 2,277 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

Colombo accounted for 55 of Sri Lanka's 79 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. 36 of Colombo's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Tsunami was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Somalia

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Hunger was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (61 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in Somalia (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); food poisoning in Belgium (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in Sri Lanka (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 20,826 stories about harm among 86,569 counted on 13 Apr.

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It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 21 February 2022. In Palestine, 80% of the news was about people being harmed, where 54% is usual. A year earlier, on 13 April 2021, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. 24 in every 100 of the day's 86,569 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine80 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia59 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir52 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine47 in 100 of its 2,231 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence South Africa47 in 100 of its 953 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 727 Brooklyn US51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 364 Kyiv Ukraine46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 448 Moscow Russia45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 325 Jerusalem Israel40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: 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 lessKyrgyzstan: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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 lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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 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: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: 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 readNorway: warmth about its own usualLaos: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualArlon, Belgium -- health: 13 stories, carried by 16 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 33 stories, carried by 24 outletsOregon, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsPerth, Australia -- health: 20 stories, carried by 25 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 39 stories, carried by 30 outletsChennai, India -- health: 18 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

● Arlon Belgium about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 33 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Perth Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 39 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health41% 8,494 stories · less than usual (usually 44%) Rights & justice18% 3,765 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,962 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 2,396 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 1,319 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 665 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 582 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 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 killed4,259 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,832 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,709 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,634 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting refugees298 at about half the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced274 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions169 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations132 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people falling ill11 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 harsher 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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