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18,804 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at people injured in Pakistan, illness in Mbandaka and protests in Yerevan (Armenia). Pakistan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 44 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPakistan 40 in 100 of its 712 stories, usually 22
RegionEast Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

285 of its 712 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (47 stories). Polio was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Health

DR Congo

24 of its 29 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Mbandaka accounted for 15 of the DR Congo's 24 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Ebola was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Moldova

40 of its 103 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Transnistria accounted for 35 of Moldova's 40 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

China

Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Train derailment was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Denmark

26 of its 82 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Bahamas

31 of its 83 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

34 of its 52 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Afghanistan

67 of its 112 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Somalia (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Malaysia (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hepatitis in UK (79 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); train derailment in China (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); power cuts in India (11 of its stories, about 5 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 26 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 18,804 stories about harm among 86,217 counted on 26 Apr.

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Of the day's 86,217 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 26 April 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan65 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan60 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Palestine58 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq51 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye48 in 100 of its 228 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 875 Kyiv Ukraine121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 390 Jerusalem Israel40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 118 Moscow Russia32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 167 San Francisco US32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 132

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'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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 readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: 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'sPeru: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMexico: 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'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: 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'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'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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 readCzech 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: 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'sCambodia: 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: 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'sAzerbaijan: 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: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: 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 grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTonga: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMoldova: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 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 · 28 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 786 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 285 stories about harm ● Armenia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 467 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health44% 8,245 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,496 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence10% 1,947 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Disasters & accidents9% 1,609 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Food & livelihood4% 736 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 592 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 487 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 475 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 killed3,824 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,886 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,423 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured946 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting refugees414 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced263 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations114 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions102 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US

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
● Griefa little less than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.