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22,025 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Rajouri, flooding in Rwanda and people displaced in Khartoum. Kashmir's coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKashmir 63 in 100 of its 200 stories, usually 38
RegionEast Asia 20 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

126 of its 200 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Rajouri accounted for 54 of Kashmir's 126 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Rajouri stories →
Disasters & accidents

Rwanda

39 of its 52 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 177 of Sudan's 339 stories about harm, carried by 303 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (69 stories). Polio was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Health

Vietnam

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). Heatwave was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Russia

411 of its 1,144 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kremlin accounted for 260 of Russia's 411 stories about harm, carried by 431 outlets. Illness was named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Congo

24 of its 30 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Belgium

40 of its 130 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

18 of its 33 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

156 of its 796 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Earthquake was named in 84 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with tsunami.

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Protests & strikes

Laos

10 of its 13 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 5 of Vientiane's 9 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Japan (84 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in Congo (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Guatemala (11 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); drought in Morocco (10 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); heatwave in Thailand (11 of its stories, more than ten 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 5 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 22,025 stories about harm among 123,254 counted on 5 May.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Kashmir. of the day's 123,254 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Japan's news mentioned the earthquake about 8 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 5 May 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. In Kashmir, 63% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan75 in 100 of its 450 stories · usually 74 · mostly displacement Rwanda75 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 52 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir63 in 100 of its 200 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine63 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Syria47 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 783 Manipur India106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143 London UK56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 395 New York US55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254 Manhattan US51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 197

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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 lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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 lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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 lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern 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 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: 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: too little coverage to readChina: 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 lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readSyria: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualMadagascar: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualNuffield, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 50 outletsOregon, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 16 outletsYerevan, Armenia -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsIdaho, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsBudapest, Hungary -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsBenaulim, India -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 37 outletsRio de Janeiro, Brazil -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 21 outletsCanberra, Australia -- food & livelihood: 21 stories, carried by 65 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

● Nuffield UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Yerevan Armenia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Idaho US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Budapest Hungary about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health34% 7,290 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 5,153 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,778 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,713 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,110 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,035 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 796 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 761 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 killed5,446 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,357 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,341 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,367 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations349 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees270 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sudan and the US Stories reporting people displaced225 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions174 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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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