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8,406 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Sumy, people displaced in Darfur and the earthquake in Tajikistan drew the news. Ukraine's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostUkraine 71 in 100 of its 335 stories, usually 26
RegionCentral Asia 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

238 of its 335 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Sumy accounted for 185 of Ukraine's 238 stories about harm, carried by 446 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (211 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Sumy stories →
Displacement

Sudan

86 of its 97 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Darfur accounted for 32 of Sudan's 86 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Respiratory illness was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Pakistan

205 of its 494 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Polio was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

89 of its 279 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 131 of Israel's 309 stories about harm, carried by 433 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Switzerland

20 of its 60 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Algeria

11 of its 19 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 5 of Algiers' 8 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Health

Austria

13 of its 28 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: polio in Pakistan (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); gas explosion in UK (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in US (48 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 8,406 stories about harm among 43,549 counted on 13 Apr.

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In Ukraine, 71% of the news was about people being harmed, where 26% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 43,549 stories, above the usual 18. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 6 times their usual in Tajikistan's news. On 13 April 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to Sudan, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan89 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 63 · mostly displacement Ukraine71 in 100 of its 335 stories · usually 26 · mostly conflict & violence Israel64 in 100 of its 481 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine64 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador62 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Murshidabad India57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 118 Washington US46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 287 Hudson River US22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 92 Boston US17 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78 Jerusalem Israel16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 131

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: too little coverage to readVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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'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'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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'sMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: 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'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: 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'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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

● Ukraine about three times as angry as the world's · 238 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 205 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 309 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 86 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 89 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 2,129 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice24% 1,938 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Conflict & violence19% 1,559 stories · much more than usual (usually 13%) Disasters & accidents16% 1,327 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 500 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 329 stories · more than usual (usually 2%) Shelter & services3% 249 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 192 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 killed2,331 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected951 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests944 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured825 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced120 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations85 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees67 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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