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19,735 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Pahalgam, rights and justice in Caracas and protests in Sofiya (Bulgaria) drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostPakistan 69 in 100 of its 2,677 stories, usually 39
RegionSouth Asia 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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

Kashmir

147 of its 212 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Pahalgam accounted for 64 of Kashmir's 147 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Pakistan

1,836 of its 2,677 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (551 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

India

2,052 of its 5,013 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 97 of Palestine's 148 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 44 of Yemen's 65 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Libya

37 of its 56 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Djibouti

36 of its 60 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. the Red Sea accounted for 36 of Djibouti's 36 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: house fires in Australia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Canada (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in UK (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 18 the day before
21 in 10016 in 1008 Apr15 Apr22 Apr29 Apr7 May8 Apr: 17 in 1009 Apr: 16 in 10010 Apr: 17 in 10011 Apr: 17 in 10012 Apr: 18 in 10013 Apr: 19 in 10014 Apr: 18 in 10015 Apr: 18 in 10016 Apr: 17 in 10017 Apr: 17 in 10018 Apr: 19 in 10019 Apr: 19 in 10020 Apr: 19 in 10021 Apr: 19 in 10022 Apr: 18 in 10023 Apr: 19 in 10024 Apr: 19 in 10025 Apr: 18 in 10026 Apr: 20 in 10027 Apr: 21 in 10028 Apr: 19 in 10029 Apr: 18 in 10030 Apr: 18 in 1001 May: 18 in 1002 May: 18 in 1003 May: 19 in 1004 May: 19 in 1005 May: 19 in 1006 May: 18 in 1007 May: 20 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 May. 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 19,735 stories about harm among 97,381 counted on 7 May.

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In Australia's news, mentions of house fires ran more than ten times their usual. On 7 May 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 20 today. 20 in every 100 of the day's 97,381 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. In Kashmir, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 62% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Kashmir69 in 100 of its 212 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan69 in 100 of its 2,677 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Libya66 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 27 · mostly rights & justice Israel64 in 100 of its 937 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan62 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Islamabad Pakistan130 stories about protests or strikes, of its 423 Bahawalpur Pakistan111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 380 Washington US108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 656 New Delhi India100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 524 Jerusalem Israel59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 198

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: too little coverage to readJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualColombo, Sri Lanka -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 13 outletsNevada, US -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsCalgary, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsShiv, India -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 14 outletsChhattisgarh, India -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsSpringfield, US -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 18 outletsOttawa, Canada -- health: 25 stories, carried by 29 outletsEnglish Channel, UK -- displacement: 10 stories, carried by 33 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Colombo Sri Lanka about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Nevada US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Calgary Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Shiv India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Chhattisgarh India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence28% 5,347 stories · much more than usual (usually 18%) Health24% 4,611 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice23% 4,389 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents12% 2,414 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 892 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 682 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 597 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 439 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 killed5,715 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Pakistan and the US Stories reporting arrests2,117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,859 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,672 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Pakistan and the US Stories reporting abductions291 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced211 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees159 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations84 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill29 at about the usual rate

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 as 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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