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The news turned to people displaced in Khartoum, drownings in Libya and violence in Kabul. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Sudan and Saudi Arabia →
Part of lifeHealth 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSingapore 41 in 100 of its 448 stories, usually 14
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
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

Sudan

776 of its 992 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Khartoum accounted for 523 of Sudan's 776 stories about harm, carried by 695 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (79 stories). Cholera was named in 88 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with measles and polio. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

37 of its 44 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tripoli accounted for 27 of Libya's 37 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Drownings were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

201 of its 296 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Kabul accounted for 148 of Afghanistan's 201 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (144 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Rights & justice

Kenya

188 of its 475 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (88 stories). Hunger was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Hungary

39 of its 120 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 17 of Budapest's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Singapore

185 of its 448 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (75 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Gambia

24 of its 51 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Displacement

Saudi Arabia

100 of its 279 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Jeddah accounted for 74 of Saudi Arabia's 100 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (45 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

Tehran accounted for 71 of Iran's 113 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Jamaica

51 of its 157 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flu in Türkiye (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Vietnam (54 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); covid in Belgium (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Russia (35 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Nigeria (45 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 23,532 stories about harm among 132,238 counted on 26 Apr.

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It was the seventh day running that the news turned to Sudan. of the day's 132,238 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Sudan and Saudi Arabia. Mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual in Libya's news. A year earlier, on 26 April 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan78 in 100 of its 992 stories · usually 71 · mostly displacement Afghanistan68 in 100 of its 296 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia62 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Haiti61 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Syria47 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US209 stories about protests or strikes, of its 735 Missoula US72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 81 Hollywood US64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 273 New York US61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 268 London UK60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 399

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sUnited 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 readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: 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: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & 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'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMarshall Islands: 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

● Singapore about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 185 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 201 stories about harm ● Gambia few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 24 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 230 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 221 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health35% 8,023 stories · more than usual (usually 32%) Rights & justice26% 5,998 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 2,665 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence11% 2,462 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 1,218 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,048 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 842 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 826 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 killed5,627 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,784 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,598 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,178 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting evacuations587 at about three times the usual rate · most about Sudan and Saudi Arabia Stories reporting refugees299 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sudan and the UK Stories reporting people displaced184 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions152 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill16 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
● 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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