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11,995 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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A disaster in Dubai, protests in Delhi (India) and violence in Khartoum drew the news. Sudan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostUnited Arab Emirates 51 in 100 of its 295 stories, usually 11
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 45 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

United Arab Emirates

151 of its 295 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Dubai accounted for 145 of the United Arab Emirates' 151 stories about harm, carried by 349 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (95 stories). Storms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

United Arab Emirates over 30 days → its stories → Dubai stories →
Protests & strikes

India

1,139 of its 4,127 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 112 of Delhi's 218 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Heatstroke was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

India over 30 days → its stories → Delhi stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

530 of its 751 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Khartoum accounted for 409 of Sudan's 530 stories about harm, carried by 814 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (351 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Rights & justice

Yemen

55 of its 68 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Sanaa accounted for 43 of Yemen's 55 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories).

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

Indonesia

48 of its 107 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Heavy rain was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ecuador

15 of its 19 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Guayaquil accounted for 15 of Ecuador's 15 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

56 of its 70 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

19 of its 21 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

147 of its 405 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Vietnam

Hanoi accounted for 160 of Vietnam's 191 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Heavy rain was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Indonesia (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Vietnam (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Pakistan (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in US (30 of its stories, about 7 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 16 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 11,995 stories about harm among 59,790 counted on 16 Apr.

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United Arab Emirates stood out: 51% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 11%. Mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. A year earlier, on 16 April 2022, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 59,790 stories, above the usual 19. This week the news turned most often to Chad, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen81 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice Syria80 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan71 in 100 of its 751 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Iran61 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence United Arab Emirates51 in 100 of its 295 stories · usually 11 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India112 stories about protests or strikes, of its 218 Khartoum Sudan85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 409 Washington US65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 255 Aintree UK45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 73 Jerusalem Israel35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 94

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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 readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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

● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 219 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 56 stories about harm ● Mexico about twice as angry as the world's · 128 stories about harm ● India about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,139 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 166 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 3,332 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Rights & justice24% 2,850 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 1,998 stories · much more than usual (usually 12%) Disasters & accidents15% 1,777 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 772 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 411 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 385 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 234 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 killed3,850 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting arrests1,417 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,364 at about twice the usual rate · most about Sudan and the US Stories reporting people affected1,059 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions137 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and India Stories reporting people displaced121 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sudan and Syria Stories reporting refugees80 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Sudan and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations58 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the United Arab Emirates Stories reporting people falling ill5 at about half the usual rate · most about India and Iran

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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