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17,662 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Mogadishu, people injured in Bangladesh and rights and justice in Port-au-Prince. Somalia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 44 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBangladesh 56 in 100 of its 81 stories, usually 37
RegionCentral Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Conflict & violence

Somalia

55 of its 67 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Mogadishu accounted for 29 of Somalia's 55 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Health

Bangladesh

45 of its 81 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Yemen

23 of its 29 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Sanaa accounted for 13 of Yemen's 23 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

70 of its 107 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (153 stories). Hunger was named in 72 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 97 of Israel's 195 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Guinea

13 of its 23 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

25 of its 37 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Ukraine (72 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Afghanistan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Canada (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dust storm in India (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in UK (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 17,662 stories about harm among 85,893 counted on 4 May.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Somalia. of the day's 85,893 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. Ukraine's news mentioned the hunger about 6 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 4 May 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. In Somalia, 82% of the news was about people being harmed, where 63% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia82 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan65 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh56 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 37 · mostly health Ukraine46 in 100 of its 1,549 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Iran46 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 675 Los Angeles US46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 181 Moscow Russia43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 245 Manhattan US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 110 Chicago US33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: 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 readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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 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 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 lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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 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 lessBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 78 outletsSalt Lake City, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 10 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsNew Hampshire, US -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 16 outletsPhnom Penh, Cambodia -- health: 11 stories, carried by 22 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 36 stories, carried by 20 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 30 stories, carried by 28 outletsTransnistria, Moldova -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 17 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

● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Mogadishu Somalia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 29 stories ● Salt Lake City US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Calgary Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● New Hampshire US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Phnom Penh Cambodia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health44% 7,698 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 3,691 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,720 stories · less than usual (usually 12%) Disasters & accidents10% 1,720 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 1,001 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 601 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 529 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 498 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 killed3,731 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,654 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,412 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured964 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting refugees271 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting evacuations255 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced143 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions116 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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