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18,425 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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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.

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: 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: too little coverage to readTonga: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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 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: 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 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 readPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIdaho, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsNevada, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 20 stories, carried by 13 outletsMiddlesbrough, UK -- health: 23 stories, carried by 14 outletsKano, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 14 outletsSaskatchewan, Canada -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 24 stories, carried by 16 outletsBallarat, Australia -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 85 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

● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Idaho US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Nevada US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Middlesbrough UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories ● Kano Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories

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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