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Protests in Havana (Cuba), the earthquake in Afghanistan and violence in Tehran drew the news. Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 22 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCuba 68 in 100 of its 84 stories, usually 44
RegionSoutheast Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Protests & strikes

Cuba

57 of its 84 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Havana accounted for 37 of Cuba's 57 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. 20 of Havana's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Disasters & accidents

Afghanistan

70 of its 84 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Kabul accounted for 51 of Afghanistan's 70 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Earthquake was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, landslides and heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

772 of its 1,789 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tehran accounted for 332 of Iran's 772 stories about harm, carried by 680 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (291 stories). Accidents were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Displacement

Palestine

38 of its 59 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Gaza accounted for 28 of Palestine's 38 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

79 of its 165 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

78 of its 203 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Philippines

52 of its 195 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Tel Aviv accounted for 58 of Israel's 122 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

35 of its 70 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Food & livelihood

Brazil

23 of its 81 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: measles in Bangladesh (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in UK (50 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); food poisoning in Canada (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in US (20 of its stories, about three 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 4 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 7,499 stories about harm among 41,651 counted on 4 Apr.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Cuba. of the day's 41,651 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Cuba stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 44%. On 4 April 2025, 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 →

Afghanistan83 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 63 · mostly disasters & accidents Lebanon73 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba68 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice Palestine64 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 53 · mostly displacement Indonesia50 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 332 Washington US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 210 Tel Aviv Israel22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 58 Havana Cuba20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 37 Bushehr Iran20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: too little coverage to readYemen: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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'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'sNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: 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'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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 readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: 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 readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 198 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 103 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 772 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 79 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 122 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice22% 1,616 stories · about as usual Health22% 1,594 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence20% 1,450 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 1,404 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Food & livelihood5% 378 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 376 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 270 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 256 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 killed1,874 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected997 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests979 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured740 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting people displaced139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations121 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting abductions88 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and Iran Stories reporting refugees52 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 harsher 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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