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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Jerusalem (Israel), helicopter crash in Vietnam and rights and justice in Moscow. Israel's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIsrael 65 in 100 of its 1,112 stories, usually 36
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Israel

726 of its 1,112 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jerusalem accounted for 541 of Israel's 726 stories about harm, carried by 806 outlets. 272 of Jerusalem's 541 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

358 of its 1,229 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 102 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

Moscow accounted for 158 of Russia's 303 stories about harm, carried by 279 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Philippines

124 of its 319 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 30 of Pampanga's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Covid was named in 69 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

10 of Colombo's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 88 of Afghanistan's 139 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 32 of Iran's 45 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. 21 of Tehran's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

52 of its 68 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Mali

13 of its 21 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Philippines (69 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Australia (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Canada (16 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 19,999 stories about harm among 106,284 counted on 7 Apr.

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The news turned to Israel for the third day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 106,284 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In the Philippines' news, mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 7 April 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Israel's news was 65% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda76 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Israel65 in 100 of its 1,112 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Syria54 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq49 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan48 in 100 of its 292 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel272 stories about protests or strikes, of its 541 Washington US162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 622 Nashville US160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 Tennessee US126 stories about protests or strikes, of its 175 Northern Ireland UK49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 119

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: 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 readOman: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualBrussels, Belgium -- health: 15 stories, carried by 17 outletsPanjgur, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 18 outletsHawaii, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsUtah, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsIslamabad, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 85 stories, carried by 128 outletsNorthern Ireland, UK -- conflict & violence: 119 stories, carried by 315 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsSouth Yorkshire, UK -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 53 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

● Brussels Belgium about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Panjgur Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Hawaii US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Utah US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Islamabad Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 85 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 6,428 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,968 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,868 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,604 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 911 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 852 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 692 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 305 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 killed5,049 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,261 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,827 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,197 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions239 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees193 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced179 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations66 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about half 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 →

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The words in the day's stories were about as 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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