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23,993 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to evacuations in Kashmir, flooding in Rwanda and protests in Vientiane (Laos). Rwanda's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKashmir 62 in 100 of its 214 stories, usually 36
RegionEast Asia 17 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

133 of its 214 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Snowstorms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Rwanda

71 of its 99 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with landslides, heavy rain and storms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Brazil

114 of its 381 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Covid was named in 58 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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

Palestine

108 of its 153 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Nablus accounted for 59 of Palestine's 108 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

377 of its 933 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kyiv accounted for 204 of Ukraine's 377 stories about harm, carried by 234 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Benin

13 of its 19 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

622 of its 1,518 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kremlin accounted for 517 of Russia's 622 stories about harm, carried by 717 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Jordan

56 of its 223 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Displacement

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 171 of Sudan's 343 stories about harm, carried by 313 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Zambia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Vietnam (23 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); earthquake in Mexico (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); wildfires in Canada (72 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Italy (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 19 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 23,993 stories about harm among 133,508 counted on 4 May.

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Rwanda's news mentioned flooding about 7 times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 133,508 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Kashmir, 62% of the news was about people being harmed, where 36% is usual. On 4 May 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan72 in 100 of its 475 stories · usually 74 · mostly displacement Rwanda72 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 49 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine71 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir62 in 100 of its 214 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Syria52 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US269 stories about protests or strikes, of its 815 Delhi India118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 251 Manipur India79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 96 Manhattan US79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 219 New York US77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 314

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sYemen: 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'sPuerto Rico: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: 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: too little coverage to readRomania: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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 readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLaos: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFaroe Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCzechia: 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'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBhutan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken 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'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: 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

● Palestine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 108 stories about harm ● Belgium few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 18 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 622 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 133 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 377 stories about harm ● Rwanda about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 71 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 7,680 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 5,789 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 3,317 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Disasters & accidents12% 2,806 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Food & livelihood5% 1,095 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,060 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 986 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 763 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 killed5,683 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,650 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,629 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,597 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations303 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced265 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sudan and India Stories reporting refugees265 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions177 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill18 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 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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