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19,442 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to people displaced in Port-au-Prince and people injured in Syria and Egypt. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 46 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSyria 71 in 100 of its 70 stories, usually 52
RegionCentral Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Displacement

Haiti

35 of its 42 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 23 of Haiti's 35 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Syria

50 of its 70 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Egypt

65 of its 184 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).

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

Pakistan

193 of its 581 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

Jammu accounted for 30 of Kashmir's 63 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Cholera was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 113 of Israel's 231 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Denmark

34 of its 96 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Myanmar

34 of its 46 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: measles in Somalia (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); covid in Armenia (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Denmark (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); malaria in Ghana (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in India (59 of its stories, about 7 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 28 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 19,442 stories about harm among 89,642 counted on 28 Apr.

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22 in every 100 of the day's 89,642 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 28 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 →

Syria71 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia71 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 62 · mostly health Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 156 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir54 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan53 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 740 Kyiv Ukraine71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 277 Moscow Russia66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 345 Los Angeles US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 Jerusalem Israel33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113

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: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readPuerto 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'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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 readNorway: 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 readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: 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'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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 readKazakhstan: 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'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTogo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMoldova: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLesotho: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sBosnia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 · 63 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 231 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 727 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 59 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 35 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health46% 8,914 stories · more than usual (usually 43%) Rights & justice21% 4,072 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,963 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Disasters & accidents9% 1,704 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,049 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 627 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 546 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 389 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 killed3,856 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,657 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,482 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured866 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting refugees341 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced190 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations64 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about two-thirds of 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 much 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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