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The day's news pointed at helicopter crash in Malaysia, violence in Baghdad and respiratory illness in Peru. Malaysia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMalaysia 39 in 100 of its 477 stories, usually 20
RegionSoutheast Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

186 of its 477 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Lumut accounted for 112 of Malaysia's 186 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (137 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 25 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.

Malaysia over 30 days → its stories → Lumut stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

58 of its 99 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Baghdad accounted for 27 of Iraq's 58 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Health

Peru

29 of its 87 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Respiratory illness was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Djibouti

30 of its 48 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Haiti

55 of its 85 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 45 of Haiti's 55 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Ireland

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Meningitis was named in 11 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.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

Hualien accounted for 65 of Taiwan's 95 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Bosnia

15 of its 15 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Armenia

51 of its 133 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: accidents in Colombia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (25 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Greece (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in France (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in China (28 of its stories, about 7 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 23 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 18,889 stories about harm among 111,590 counted on 23 Apr.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 21 March 2024. of the day's 111,590 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. Peru's news mentioned respiratory illness more than ten times as often as usual. Malaysia's news was 39% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. On 24 April 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel66 in 100 of its 1,246 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine65 in 100 of its 444 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Haiti65 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 54 · mostly health Sudan60 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq59 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Manhattan US266 stories about protests or strikes, of its 363 Washington US105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 425 Gaza Palestine72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 218 London UK56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 309 Tel Aviv Israel51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 114

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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 readYemen: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTogo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Caledonia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 818 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 153 stories about harm ● Malaysia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 186 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 289 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 28 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 102 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,388 stories · about as usual Rights & justice29% 5,375 stories · much more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents15% 2,745 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,227 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 913 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 757 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 558 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 464 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 killed4,353 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,454 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,331 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured905 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions354 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees271 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Rwanda and the US Stories reporting people displaced199 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations138 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill24 at about one and a half times 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 about as 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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