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The news turned to building collapse in Iran, violence in Vancouver and people killed in the Philippines. France's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostIran 75 in 100 of its 438 stories, usually 30
RegionSouth Asia 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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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Disasters & accidents

Iran

327 of its 438 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Bandar Abbas accounted for 179 of Iran's 327 stories about harm, carried by 367 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (271 stories). Building collapse was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with gas explosion and storms.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Bandar Abbas stories →
Conflict & violence

Canada

488 of its 1,551 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Vancouver accounted for 340 of Canada's 488 stories about harm, carried by 639 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (127 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Canada over 30 days → its stories → Vancouver stories →
Health

Philippines

155 of its 399 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (76 stories). Illness was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

France

65 of its 307 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Kashmir

211 of its 284 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Pahalgam accounted for 160 of Kashmir's 211 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

404 of its 797 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (207 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

India

1,024 of its 3,048 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (441 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

49 of its 99 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Beirut accounted for 42 of Lebanon's 49 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Uganda

22 of its 49 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Outbreaks were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with ebola.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Vietnam

36 of its 127 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Uganda (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Dominican Republic (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in UK (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hantavirus in US (19 of its stories, about three times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 9,201 stories about harm among 44,142 counted on 27 Apr.

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It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 12 January 2025. of the day's 44,142 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. the news turned to Iran for the second day running. Iran's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%. In Uganda's news, mentions of outbreaks ran about 6 times their usual. This week the news turned most often to Kashmir, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iran75 in 100 of its 438 stories · usually 30 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir74 in 100 of its 284 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine59 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Israel57 in 100 of its 508 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan51 in 100 of its 797 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 224 London UK31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 178 Dublin Ireland20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 31 Pahalgam Kashmir16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 160 New Delhi India16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 195

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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 readGuam: 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 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'sTunisia: 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 readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: 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'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua 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'sNigeria: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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 readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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'sBosnia 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 4 times as fearful as the world's · 211 stories about harm ● Italy about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 122 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 292 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 122 stories about harm ● Philippines a little warmer than the world's · 155 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 404 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence27% 2,419 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Rights & justice22% 2,002 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Health21% 1,881 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents16% 1,433 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 669 stories · more than usual (usually 5%) Shelter & services3% 276 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 200 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 156 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 killed3,261 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured1,035 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting arrests1,002 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected782 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions155 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced91 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees76 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations38 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about two-thirds of 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times usual
● Fearabout one and a half times 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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