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The news turned to illness in Kathmandu, rights and justice in Kampala and the tsunami in Indonesia. Uganda's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 53 in 100 of its 295 stories, usually 25
RegionSoutheast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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

Nepal

44 of its 76 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Kathmandu accounted for 28 of Nepal's 44 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Illness was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Rights & justice

Uganda

70 of its 164 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Kampala accounted for 54 of Uganda's 70 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

157 of its 295 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Tsunami was named in 111 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake, volcanic eruption and building collapse.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

15 of its 18 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Israel

263 of its 485 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Hunger was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Romania

31 of its 194 stories (16%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Covid was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Cuba

Havana accounted for 27 of Cuba's 38 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Denmark

27 of its 72 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Argentina

16 of its 48 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

5 of Gaza's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Romania (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dust storm in Greece (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hunger in Israel (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in UK (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 13,475 stories about harm among 80,273 counted on 2 Apr.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Nepal. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 80,273 stories, below the usual 18. Mentions of the tsunami ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. In Nepal, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual. A year earlier, on 2 April 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Lebanon65 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan62 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal58 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 32 · mostly health Israel54 in 100 of its 485 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia53 in 100 of its 295 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 452 Washington US87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 468 Abuja Nigeria21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 52 London UK21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 218 San Francisco US20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 86

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: 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 lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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 lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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 lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: 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 readSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 52 stories, carried by 20 outletsPlateau State, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 10 outletsColorado Springs, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsBedford, US -- disasters & accidents: 50 stories, carried by 122 outletsMelbourne, Australia -- health: 32 stories, carried by 98 outletsBaku, Azerbaijan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsLucknow, India -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 13 stories, carried by 21 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

● Lebanon warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 52 stories ● Plateau State Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Colorado Springs US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Bedford US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 50 stories ● Melbourne Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 32 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 3,346 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Health25% 3,234 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,224 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 2,113 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Food & livelihood6% 747 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 692 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 564 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 264 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 killed3,053 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,608 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,322 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured652 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting people displaced157 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iran and Lebanon Stories reporting abductions131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations91 at about half the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting refugees73 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Uganda Stories reporting people falling ill12 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 softer than 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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