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19,323 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at the avalanche in Austria, people injured in Pakistan and violence in Kigali. Rwanda's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMicronesia 86 in 100 of its 63 stories, usually 26
RegionSoutheast Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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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Disasters & accidents

Austria

36 of its 105 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (20 stories). Avalanche was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Pakistan

155 of its 332 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

38 of its 54 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kigali accounted for 16 of Rwanda's 38 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. 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
Disasters & accidents

Micronesia

54 of its 63 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Pikelot accounted for 41 of Micronesia's 54 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (54 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

63 of its 263 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Wildfires were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Power cuts were named in 46 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

35 of its 80 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jersey

19 of its 87 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Vietnam

111 of its 471 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Greece (17 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (46 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Türkiye (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Russia (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in New Zealand (17 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 11 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 19,323 stories about harm among 108,388 counted on 11 Apr.

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Mentions of the avalanche ran more than ten times their usual in Austria's news. of the day's 108,388 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Austria stood out: 34% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. A year earlier, on 12 April 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Micronesia86 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents Rwanda70 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Israel66 in 100 of its 1,461 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan55 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 57 · mostly rights & justice Palestine52 in 100 of its 291 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 619 Jerusalem Israel37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 246 London UK35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 301 Gaza Palestine30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126 Moscow Russia28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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 lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: too little coverage to readNorth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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 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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: 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 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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 readMicronesia: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKentucky, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsPolowat, Micronesia -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 19 outletsIowa, US -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 25 outletsKano, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 18 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 32 stories, carried by 16 outletsPulwama, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsChibok, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 25 outletsRishikesh, India -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 23 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

● Kentucky US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Polowat Micronesia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Iowa US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Kano Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 32 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,500 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 4,298 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 3,151 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,527 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,240 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 951 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 904 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 354 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 killed4,840 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,030 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,920 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured989 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions434 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees184 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced159 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Sudan Stories reporting evacuations156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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