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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.

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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.

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readTogo: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBrumadinho, Brazil -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 16 outletsMaine, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 22 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 36 stories, carried by 44 outletsGreat Yarmouth, UK -- health: 19 stories, carried by 13 outletsSaskatchewan, Canada -- health: 15 stories, carried by 17 outletsChennai, India -- health: 32 stories, carried by 19 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 35 stories, carried by 14 outletsPenrith, UK -- health: 15 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

● Brumadinho Brazil about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 36 stories ● Great Yarmouth UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Saskatchewan Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories

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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