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16,810 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Port-au-Prince (Haiti), the tsunami in Papua New Guinea and violence in Tehran. Iran's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNepal 53 in 100 of its 92 stories, usually 33
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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Protests & strikes

Haiti

32 of its 42 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 25 of Haiti's 32 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. 16 of Port-au-Prince's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

58 of its 114 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tehran accounted for 36 of Iran's 58 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

101 of its 335 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 31 of Syria's 55 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Türkiye

9 of Istanbul's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

49 of its 92 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

42 of its 124 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

HIV was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Thailand (13 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); natural hazards in South Korea (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Russia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in UK (43 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in India (21 of its stories, about 4 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 4 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 16,810 stories about harm among 94,956 counted on 4 Apr.

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In Papua New Guinea's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 6 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 94,956 stories, as usual. Haiti's news was 76% about people being harmed, against a usual 45%. A year earlier, on 4 April 2024, 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 →

Myanmar82 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 80 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine65 in 100 of its 195 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Israel64 in 100 of its 710 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Syria62 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal53 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 785 Seoul South Korea68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 92 Boston US46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 119 Gaza Palestine31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 94 Hollywood US28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 199

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: 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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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: 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'sAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: feelings about like the world'sSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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 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: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sZambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 451 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 136 stories about harm ● Palestine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 127 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 101 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 55 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 33 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 4,842 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 4,233 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,278 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,814 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Food & livelihood4% 686 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 637 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 620 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 284 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 killed3,444 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,957 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,760 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured936 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions264 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced218 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees101 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and el Salvador Stories reporting evacuations75 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Malaysia Stories reporting people falling ill20 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
● 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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