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17,064 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Yerevan (Armenia), arrests in the Central African Republic and violence in Mogadishu drew the news. Somalia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 44 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEthiopia 70 in 100 of its 63 stories, usually 50
RegionEast Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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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Protests & strikes

Armenia

Yerevan accounted for 43 of Armenia's 53 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. 34 of Yerevan's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories → Yerevan stories →
Shelter & services

Aruba

5 of its 9 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Aruba over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Haiti

28 of its 39 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 18 of Haiti's 28 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Tunisia

14 of its 24 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tunis accounted for 12 of Tunisia's 14 stories about harm, carried by 6 outlets. 7 of Tunis' 12 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Health

Indonesia

Jakarta accounted for 26 of Indonesia's 41 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Hepatitis was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Tsunami was named in 11 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 →
Protests & strikes

Uruguay

10 of its 13 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 5 of Punta del Este's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

12 of its 13 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hepatitis in Indonesia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (17 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in India (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in China (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 May. 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 17,064 stories about harm among 83,440 counted on 3 May.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 21 February 2020. 20 in every 100 of the day's 83,440 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. In Indonesia's news, mentions of hepatitis ran more than ten times their usual. the news turned to Armenia for the second day running. A year earlier, on 3 May 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia70 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Bangladesh53 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 37 · mostly health Syria52 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 52 · mostly displacement Hong Kong51 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 39 · mostly health Cambodia49 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 41 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 702 Yerevan Armenia34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 43 Chicago US32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 135 Azovstal Ukraine30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 178 Jerusalem Israel29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91

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 lessMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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 lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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 lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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 lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 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: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readUruguay: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 55 stories, carried by 36 outletsOregon, US -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 14 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 39 stories, carried by 32 outletsAlexandria, Egypt -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsPhnom Penh, Cambodia -- health: 15 stories, carried by 36 outletsBicester, UK -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 59 stories, carried by 129 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

● Kaduna Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 55 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 16 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 39 stories ● Alexandria Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health44% 7,422 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 3,568 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 1,818 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,562 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Food & livelihood5% 911 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 621 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 541 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 435 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 killed3,488 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,638 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,274 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured784 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting evacuations295 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting refugees221 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced156 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions109 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill12 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 much 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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