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The news turned to people displaced in Siverek, the hunger in Sudan and protests in Shuwaikh (Kuwait). Sudan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuam 81 in 100 of its 52 stories, usually 26
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Displacement

Türkiye

92 of its 204 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Siverek accounted for 31 of Türkiye's 92 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Siverek stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

70 of its 83 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Darfur accounted for 38 of Sudan's 70 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Hunger was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Poland

19 of its 73 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Algeria

32 of its 105 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Algiers accounted for 21 of Algeria's 32 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guam

42 of its 52 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Flooding was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms, heavy rain and power cuts.

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Health

Denmark

34 of its 101 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Rights & justice

Cameroon

17 of its 42 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Food & livelihood

Romania

22 of its 123 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Outbreaks were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Guam (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Romania (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Bangladesh (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Pakistan (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in Canada (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

16 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 12,977 stories about harm among 79,420 counted on 14 Apr.

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In Guam's news, mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 16 in every 100 of the day's 79,420 stories, below the usual 18. Türkiye's news was 45% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. On 14 April 2025, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 16 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan84 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Guam81 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents Lebanon63 in 100 of its 282 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 63 · mostly displacement Palestine56 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 398 Tehran Iran50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 274 Delhi India35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121 Hollywood US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 169 London UK25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 202

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: 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: 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 lessSri Lanka: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: 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: too little coverage to readN. 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: too little coverage to readDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readJammu & 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readLebanon: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualBenin: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualSwindon, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsMoscow, Russia -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 22 outletsKwara, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsColorado, US -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsMontreal, Canada -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsFort Worth, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 50 outletsBudapest, Hungary -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 43 outletsEdun, Nigeria -- food & livelihood: 16 stories, carried by 13 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

● Swindon UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Moscow Russia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 26 stories ● Kwara Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Montreal Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 3,238 stories · about as usual Health24% 3,043 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,151 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,914 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Food & livelihood7% 951 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 626 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 499 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 287 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 killed2,883 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,676 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,440 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured746 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting people displaced294 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees115 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting abductions112 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations80 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and New Zealand Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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