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12,836 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Storms in Rwanda, violence in Moscow and protests in Manipur (India) drew the news. Russia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostKashmir 69 in 100 of its 233 stories, usually 39
RegionEast Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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

Rwanda

49 of its 63 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Kivu accounted for 36 of Rwanda's 49 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Storms were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Kivu stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

233 of its 623 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Moscow accounted for 131 of Russia's 233 stories about harm, carried by 164 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Illness was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Protests & strikes

India

86 of Manipur's 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (32 stories). Cyclone was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Kashmir

160 of its 233 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Rajouri accounted for 58 of Kashmir's 160 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

113 of its 177 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tehran accounted for 70 of Iran's 113 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

53 of its 79 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tulkarm accounted for 37 of Palestine's 53 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

97 of its 432 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Earthquake was named in 58 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with tsunami.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

54 of its 179 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Paraguay

6 of its 10 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 5 of Asuncion's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Japan (58 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in Canada (113 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); malaria in Vietnam (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatstroke in US (25 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 6 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 12,836 stories about harm among 71,710 counted on 6 May.

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For the fourth day running, the news turned to Rwanda. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 71,710 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 6 May 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. In Rwanda, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 54% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda78 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 54 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan74 in 100 of its 287 stories · usually 74 · mostly displacement Kashmir69 in 100 of its 233 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine67 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Iran64 in 100 of its 177 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK279 stories about protests or strikes, of its 566 Washington US120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 369 Manipur India86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143 Manhattan US54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 159 Chicago US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 110

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: too little coverage to readEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSri 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: 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: 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 lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: 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 lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: 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 readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readSudan: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualQin Gang, China -- health: 13 stories, carried by 24 outletsNew Hampshire, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsHawaii, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- health: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsWinnipeg, Canada -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 12 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 17 outletsMilan, Italy -- health: 12 stories, carried by 45 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 17 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

● Qin Gang China about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● New Hampshire US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Hawaii US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Brussels Belgium about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Winnipeg Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 3,724 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Rights & justice25% 3,192 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 1,766 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 1,735 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 744 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 527 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 444 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 424 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 killed3,389 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,509 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,458 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,055 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations264 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Canada and Sudan Stories reporting refugees188 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting people displaced117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions113 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 harsher 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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