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17,759 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Damascus, protests in Caracas (Venezuela) and people injured in New Zealand. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSyria 75 in 100 of its 121 stories, usually 48
RegionSouth Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Syria

91 of its 121 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Damascus accounted for 81 of Syria's 91 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Health

New Zealand

Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Poisoning was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Vietnam

141 of its 485 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Saigon accounted for 102 of Vietnam's 141 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken 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

Sweden

78 of its 244 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Outbreaks were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 160 of Israel's 440 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Wildfires were named in 62 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

North Korea

30 of its 85 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Cuba

27 of its 61 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 10 of Havana's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

49 of its 66 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Sanaa accounted for 38 of Yemen's 49 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. 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: wildfires in Israel (62 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Sweden (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); poisoning in Australia (33 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); heatwave in UK (43 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in India (11 of its stories, more than ten 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 30 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 17,759 stories about harm among 99,647 counted on 30 Apr.

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Mentions of wildfires ran more than ten times their usual in Israel's news. of the day's 99,647 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Syria for the second day running. Syria's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 48%. On 30 April 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria75 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen74 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine63 in 100 of its 228 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Israel57 in 100 of its 768 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal51 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 37 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 735 London UK48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 314 Manhattan US43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 114 Chicago US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 171 Los Angeles US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 176

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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'sTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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'sSwitzerland: 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'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: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'sNigeria: 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 readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: too little coverage to readLesotho: 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 readKazakhstan: 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'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'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: 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: 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 readCuba: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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 readAksai Chin: 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: 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 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: 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 readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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'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 angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 93 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 430 stories about harm ● Vietnam about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Sweden about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 78 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 91 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 440 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 4,783 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,366 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 2,902 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,881 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 806 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 729 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 638 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 290 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 killed4,468 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,989 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,642 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,091 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions176 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced120 at about half the usual rate · most about Sudan and the US Stories reporting evacuations116 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill34 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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 about as 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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