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13,504 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Istanbul, heavy rain in Fiji and people displaced in Gaza. Türkiye's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTürkiye 57 in 100 of its 232 stories, usually 21
RegionOceania 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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

Türkiye

132 of its 232 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Istanbul accounted for 106 of Türkiye's 132 stories about harm, carried by 286 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Istanbul stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

63 of its 87 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Nadi accounted for 40 of Fiji's 63 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Heavy rain was named in 38 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flooding.

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

Rwanda

30 of its 42 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Panama

24 of its 56 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. the Panama Canal accounted for 20 of Panama's 24 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

77 of its 138 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Baghdad accounted for 58 of Iraq's 77 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

76 of its 213 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Afghanistan

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

28 of its 74 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: measles in Bangladesh (28 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Afghanistan (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (19 of its stories, about 4 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 7 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 13,504 stories about harm among 76,951 counted on 7 Apr.

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Türkiye's news was 57% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. of the day's 76,951 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Fiji's news mentioned heavy rain about 5 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 7 April 2025, 18 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 →

Fiji72 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 27 · mostly disasters & accidents Lebanon67 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 54 · mostly displacement Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 64 · mostly disasters & accidents Türkiye57 in 100 of its 232 stories · usually 21 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 638 Washington US73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 375 Imphal India26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 33 Jerusalem Israel20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 56 London UK20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 216

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'sYemen: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: 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'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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: 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: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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'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 readEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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 readUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as 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 fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half 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

● Rwanda few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 30 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 1,325 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 280 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 204 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as angry as the world's · 132 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 16 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health24% 3,164 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 3,046 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 2,566 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,074 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 874 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 698 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 497 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 killed3,274 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,820 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,494 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured957 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced222 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions173 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting evacuations102 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting refugees60 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Cape Verde

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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