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The day's news pointed at helicopter crash in Kenya, protests in Vilnius (Lithuania) and arrests in Armenia. Kenya's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostUnited Arab Emirates 42 in 100 of its 416 stories, usually 20
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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Disasters & accidents

Kenya

129 of its 333 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Nairobi accounted for 65 of Kenya's 129 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (92 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plane crash. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Protests & strikes

Lithuania

15 of its 42 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Vilnius accounted for 15 of Lithuania's 15 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. 9 of Vilnius' 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories).

Lithuania over 30 days → its stories → Vilnius stories →
Conflict & violence

Armenia

26 of its 87 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

United Arab Emirates

176 of its 416 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Dubai accounted for 168 of the United Arab Emirates' 176 stories about harm, carried by 287 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (70 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Bosnia

14 of its 18 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 9 of Srebrenica's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Qatar

14 of its 56 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Poland

11 of Warsaw's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (43 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Nepal (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Netherlands (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Malaysia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in India (15 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 19 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 18,425 stories about harm among 104,680 counted on 19 Apr.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 104,680 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 20 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 →

Sudan81 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Palestine61 in 100 of its 434 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti59 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 56 · mostly displacement Syria53 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Israel48 in 100 of its 1,398 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Manhattan US108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 193 Washington US91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 425 Sydney Australia56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174 Isfahan Iran55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 280 Gaza Palestine51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 189

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: 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 Korea: 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 readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCook Islands: 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

● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 598 stories about harm ● Kenya about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 129 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 673 stories about harm ● Bosnia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 14 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 265 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 28 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 5,345 stories · much more than usual (usually 24%) Health27% 4,879 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,772 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,376 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 938 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 705 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 695 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 353 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 killed4,315 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,091 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,900 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,000 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions320 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced198 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations117 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Indonesia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill27 at about one and a half times 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 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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