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18,937 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Plane crash in Haiti, violence in Kabul and arrests in Iran drew the news. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 44 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 75 in 100 of its 214 stories, usually 47
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Haiti

35 of its 45 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 27 of Haiti's 35 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Plane crash was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

160 of its 214 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kabul accounted for 101 of Afghanistan's 160 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

68 of its 124 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Kashmir

57 of its 100 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Baramulla accounted for 34 of Kashmir's 57 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

21 of its 48 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Iceland

20 of its 46 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Health

Sweden

57 of its 171 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

344 of its 986 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Nicaragua (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in South Africa (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in China (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in India (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); measles in US (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 18,937 stories about harm among 89,429 counted on 21 Apr.

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Nicaragua's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 89,429 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. A year earlier, on 21 April 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. Haiti stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 46%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan75 in 100 of its 214 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir57 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda56 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 49 · mostly rights & justice Syria55 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Iran55 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 656 Jerusalem Israel121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 210 Kyiv Ukraine87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 301 Moscow Russia58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260 Delhi India48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 287

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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 readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: 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'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little angrier than 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'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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 three times as fearful as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 160 stories about harm ● Armenia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 21 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 818 stories about harm ● Haiti few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Sweden about twice as fearful as the world's · 57 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health44% 8,322 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 3,624 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 2,010 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Disasters & accidents10% 1,887 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 989 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 676 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 653 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 549 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 killed3,863 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,779 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,522 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,165 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees383 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced245 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations235 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions102 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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 softer 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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