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18,870 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to illness in Nampula, violence in Kigali and protests in Rabat (Morocco). Rwanda's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMozambique 85 in 100 of its 52 stories, usually 50
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Mozambique

44 of its 52 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Nampula accounted for 34 of Mozambique's 44 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Outbreaks were named in 37 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories → Nampula stories →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

71 of its 88 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Kigali accounted for 41 of Rwanda's 71 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Switzerland

23 of Zurich's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Heatwave was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Georgia

12 of its 30 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 5 of Tbilisi's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Disasters & accidents

Djibouti

19 of its 40 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

39 of its 55 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

27 of its 76 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

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Health

Sweden

44 of its 174 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (26 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in Ghana (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Switzerland (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in UK (98 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in France (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 18,870 stories about harm among 109,835 counted on 9 Apr.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Mozambique. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 109,835 stories, as usual. Mentions of outbreaks ran about three times their usual in Mozambique's news. In Mozambique, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 50% is usual. On 10 April 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique85 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 50 · mostly health Rwanda81 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan71 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Israel66 in 100 of its 1,671 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Syria53 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 538 Jerusalem Israel77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 244 Delhi India59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185 Oakland County US46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138 East Palestine US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 116

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 lessSyria: 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 readSudan: 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: 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 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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 readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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 readUkraine: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualBlackrock, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 24 stories, carried by 17 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsOklahoma, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsMontana, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 20 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 25 stories, carried by 16 outletsIslamabad, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 54 stories, carried by 44 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

● Blackrock UK about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 24 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Oklahoma US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria 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 →

Health30% 5,485 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,583 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,990 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,511 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,078 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 724 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 712 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 372 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 killed4,505 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,094 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,004 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured901 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions490 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced227 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations193 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees152 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and France

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 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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