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Volcanic eruption in Iceland, violence in Beirut and protests in Harare (Zimbabwe) drew the news. Lebanon's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIceland 72 in 100 of its 129 stories, usually 20
RegionSoutheast Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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

Iceland

93 of its 129 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Grindavik accounted for 80 of Iceland's 93 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 67 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Iceland over 30 days → its stories → Grindavik stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

83 of its 136 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Beirut accounted for 77 of Lebanon's 83 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Myanmar

227 of its 266 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Mandalay accounted for 159 of Myanmar's 227 stories about harm, carried by 198 outlets. Building collapse was named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with cyclone, dengue and measles. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

149 of its 262 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories). Accidents were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Lithuania

97 of its 132 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Thailand

214 of its 397 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Bangkok accounted for 171 of Thailand's 214 stories about harm, carried by 231 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

62 of its 234 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Storms were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding.

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Rights & justice

Hong Kong

31 of its 169 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Greece (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Myanmar (53 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in Venezuela (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in Italy (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Malaysia (15 of its stories, more than ten 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 1 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 17,851 stories about harm among 98,385 counted on 1 Apr.

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In Iceland, 72% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 98,385 stories, as usual. Mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual in Iceland's news. On 1 April 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today. Over March, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 in March 2024.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar85 in 100 of its 266 stories · usually 77 · mostly disasters & accidents Lithuania73 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Iceland72 in 100 of its 129 stories · usually 20 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine64 in 100 of its 234 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Lebanon61 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US178 stories about protests or strikes, of its 783 Manhattan US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147 Boston US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 183 London UK35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 257 Harare Zimbabwe33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 49

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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'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 readQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: 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 readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: 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'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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 three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiechtenstein: 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 455 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as angry as the world's · 83 stories about harm ● Myanmar about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 227 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 150 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 39 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,231 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,316 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 3,655 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence11% 1,858 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 831 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 629 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 549 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 366 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 killed3,782 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,325 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,909 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,207 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced245 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions193 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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