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The news turned to storms in Kenya, people displaced in Beirut and evacuations in Afghanistan. Afghanistan's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostKenya 45 in 100 of its 387 stories, usually 32
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 46
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

175 of its 387 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Nairobi accounted for 82 of Kenya's 175 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (17 stories). Storms were named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with malaria, cyclone and cholera.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

69 of its 126 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories →
Health

China

354 of its 1,725 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (44 stories). Heavy rain was named in 55 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with tornadoes.

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

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 317 of Palestine's 433 stories about harm, carried by 334 outlets. 176 of Gaza's 317 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

50 of its 72 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Congo

17 of its 25 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Outbreaks were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Chad

17 of its 40 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 3 of Ndjamena's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Poland

36 of its 116 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Kyrgyzstan

15 of its 46 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Congo (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Brazil (15 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in Ghana (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); malaria in Indonesia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Japan (10 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 2 May. 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 20,947 stories about harm among 114,799 counted on 2 May.

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It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Kenya. of the day's 114,799 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Congo's news mentioned outbreaks about 6 times as often as usual. Kenya's news was 45% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. A year earlier, on 3 May 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria69 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Israel68 in 100 of its 1,796 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Palestine65 in 100 of its 665 stories · usually 61 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan55 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda54 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Manhattan US326 stories about protests or strikes, of its 478 Washington US259 stories about protests or strikes, of its 717 Gaza Palestine176 stories about protests or strikes, of its 317 Los Angeles US167 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248 Jerusalem Israel119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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 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: too little coverage to readTimor-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 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 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 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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 lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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 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 lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: too little coverage to readGermany: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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 lessBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 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: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUganda: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKampala, Uganda -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsNebraska, US -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsWisconsin, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsKano, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsBhopal, India -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 29 stories, carried by 19 outletsHyderabad, India -- health: 21 stories, carried by 17 outletsLanarkshire, UK -- health: 19 stories, carried by 15 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

● Lebanon warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kampala Uganda about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Nebraska US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories ● Wisconsin US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Kano Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Bhopal India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 6,151 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Health30% 6,075 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,889 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,609 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 855 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 800 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 682 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 365 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 killed4,576 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,003 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people affected2,265 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,245 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions579 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced229 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees217 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations137 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about the usual rate

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
● Griefa little less than 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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