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14,250 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Illness in Buenos Aires, protests in Cuyabeno (Ecuador) and landslides in Kashmir drew the news. Ecuador's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostArgentina 52 in 100 of its 520 stories, usually 20
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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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Health

Argentina

270 of its 520 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Buenos Aires accounted for 230 of Argentina's 270 stories about harm, carried by 317 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Flu was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Buenos Aires stories →
Protests & strikes

Ecuador

19 of its 29 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 5 of Cuyabeno's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Cuyabeno stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

75 of its 138 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Ramban accounted for 65 of Kashmir's 75 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (35 stories). Landslides were named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, heavy rain and storms.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Ramban stories →
Conflict & violence

Armenia

17 of its 46 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories →
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Health

Italy

653 of its 1,540 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Rome accounted for 554 of Italy's 653 stories about harm, carried by 868 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Vatican City

84 of its 181 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Australia

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Drownings were named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

7 of Darfur's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Venezuela

81 of its 121 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

75 of its 283 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: polio in Pakistan (33 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (17 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drownings in Australia (23 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); earthquake in Israel (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in India (19 of its stories, about 4 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 21 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 14,250 stories about harm among 74,241 counted on 21 Apr.

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Argentina's news was 52% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. of the day's 74,241 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. A year earlier, on 21 April 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Venezuela67 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 26 · mostly rights & justice Palestine65 in 100 of its 222 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador56 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice Israel56 in 100 of its 683 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir54 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 738 Rome Italy42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 554 Boston US24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95 New York US24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 141 Murshidabad India22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 44

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: 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 readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: 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'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 readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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'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: too little coverage to readFrench 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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 readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than 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'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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 a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBenin: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVatican City: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGibraltar: 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 181 stories about harm ● Vatican City about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 380 stories about harm ● Italy about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 653 stories about harm ● Finland few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 5 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 4,666 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice23% 3,179 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents16% 2,172 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence13% 1,846 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 953 stories · more than usual (usually 5%) Shelter & services4% 495 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 353 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 329 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 killed4,153 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting people affected1,470 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,387 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured880 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions193 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced123 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting refugees113 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations101 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill33 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Italy

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 one and a half times 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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