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16,152 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Sanaa, power cuts in Spain and people injured in Canada. Yemen's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSpain 40 in 100 of its 865 stories, usually 13
RegionSouth Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

134 of its 159 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Sanaa accounted for 77 of Yemen's 134 stories about harm, carried by 282 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Shelter & services

Spain

344 of its 865 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Madrid accounted for 235 of Spain's 344 stories about harm, carried by 303 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Power cuts were named in 224 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Spain over 30 days → its stories → Madrid stories →
Rights & justice

Canada

680 of its 2,680 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (265 stories). Heavy rain was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tornadoes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Canada over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Iran

207 of its 358 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Bandar Abbas accounted for 92 of Iran's 207 stories about harm, carried by 228 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (120 stories).

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

Pakistan

429 of its 906 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (235 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

211 of its 292 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Pahalgam accounted for 121 of Kashmir's 211 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Philippines

177 of its 560 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (50 stories). Avalanche was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

India

1,271 of its 4,754 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 82 of Palestine's 108 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Portugal (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Saudi Arabia (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); ebola in Uganda (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in Myanmar (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); bird flu in New Zealand (14 of its stories, more than ten 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 28 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 16,152 stories about harm among 82,916 counted on 28 Apr.

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In Spain's news, mentions of power cuts ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 82,916 stories, above the usual 18. Yemen's news was 84% about people being harmed, against a usual 62%. A year earlier, on 28 April 2024, 19 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 →

Yemen84 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Djibouti74 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 26 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir72 in 100 of its 292 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan65 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Iran58 in 100 of its 358 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US112 stories about protests or strikes, of its 584 Chicago US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138 London UK32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 250 Jerusalem Israel26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 142 Hollywood US24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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'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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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 readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'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: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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'sLithuania: 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: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: 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'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: 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'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: 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: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about twice 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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 three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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 three times as fearful as the world's · 211 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 134 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 409 stories about harm ● India about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,271 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 429 stories about harm ● Italy about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 112 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 4,171 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 3,580 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence20% 3,223 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents16% 2,579 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 914 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 687 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 439 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 274 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 killed4,662 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests1,777 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,564 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people affected1,396 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions220 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced132 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Sudan and Israel Stories reporting evacuations78 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Japan

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

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