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The day's news pointed at helicopter crash in Indonesia, rights and justice in Aung Hlaing and violence in Damascus. Indonesia's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.
Disasters & accidents
82 of its 208 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Rights & justice
25 of its 30 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Aung Hlaing accounted for 17 of Myanmar's 25 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (21 stories).
Conflict & violence
28 of its 57 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Damascus accounted for 16 of Syria's 28 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Health
34 of its 100 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).
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Conflict & violence
52 of its 112 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Bamenda accounted for 21 of Cameroon's 52 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets.
Conflict & violence
18 of its 42 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Disasters & accidents
27 of its 75 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Deaths & injuries, cause not given
14 of its 37 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
Conflict & violence
Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Health
Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual:
hunger in Sudan (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Israel (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heatwave in India (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in UK (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
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In Sudan's news, mentions of the hunger ran about three times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 77,669 stories, as usual. Indonesia's news was 39% about people being harmed, against a usual 27%. A year earlier, on 17 April 2025, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.
17 in every 100 of the day's 77,669 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 17). Indonesia: 82 of its 208 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Myanmar: 25 of its 30 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Syria: 28 of its 57 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Denmark: 34 of its 100 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Mentions of the hunger ran about three times their usual in Sudan's news. Mentions of helicopter crash ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were much softer than usual. A year earlier, on 17 April 2025, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. Written by code from the day's numbers.
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or less Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Yemen: about as warm as its own usual or less Vietnam: about as warm as its own usual or less Venezuela: about as warm as its own usual or less Vanuatu: too little coverage to read Uzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Uruguay: too little coverage to read Micronesia: about as warm as its own usual or less U.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read Guam: about as warm as its own usual or less Puerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or less United States: about as warm as its own usual or less South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to read Falkland Islands: too little coverage to read Cayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Isle of Man: too little coverage to read United Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or less United Arab Emirates: too little coverage to read Ukraine: about as warm as its own usual or less Uganda: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkmenistan: too little coverage to read Tunisia: about as warm as its own usual or less Trinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or less Tonga: about as warm as its own usual or less Togo: too little coverage to read Timor-Leste: too little coverage to read Thailand: about as warm as its own usual or less Tanzania: about as warm as its own usual or less Tajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Taiwan: about as warm as its own usual or less Syria: about as warm as its own usual or less Switzerland: about as warm as its own usual or less Sweden: about as warm as its own usual or less Eswatini: too little coverage to read Suriname: about as warm as its own usual or less South Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or less Spain: about as warm as its own usual or less South Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less South Africa: about as warm as its own usual or less Somalia: about as warm as its own usual or less Somaliland: too little coverage to read Solomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Slovakia: too little coverage to read Slovenia: too little coverage to read Singapore: about as warm as its own usual or less Sierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or less Seychelles: about as warm as its own usual or less Serbia: too little coverage to read Senegal: about as warm as its own usual or less Saudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or less São Tomé: too little coverage to read Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or less St Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or less St. Lucia: too little coverage to read Rwanda: about as warm as its own usual or less Russia: about as warm as its own usual or less Romania: too little coverage to read Qatar: about as warm as its own usual or less Portugal: about as warm as its own usual or less Poland: about as warm as its own usual or less Philippines: about as warm as its own usual or less Peru: about as warm as its own usual or less Paraguay: too little coverage to read Papua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Panama: too little coverage to read Palau: about as warm as its own usual or less Pakistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Oman: too little coverage to read Norway: about as warm as its own usual or less North Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less Nigeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Niger: too little coverage to read Nicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or less New Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or less Niue: too little coverage to read Netherlands: about as warm as its own usual or less Curaçao: too little coverage to read Nepal: about as warm as its own usual or less Namibia: about as warm as its own usual or less Mozambique: about as warm as its own usual or less Morocco: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara: too little coverage to read Montenegro: too little coverage to read Mongolia: about as warm as its own usual or less Moldova: too little coverage to read Mexico: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritius: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritania: about as warm as its own usual or less Malta: about as warm as its own usual or less Mali: too little coverage to read Malaysia: about as warm as its own usual or less Malawi: about as warm as its own usual or less Madagascar: too little coverage to read North Macedonia: too little coverage to read Luxembourg: too little coverage to read Lithuania: too little coverage to read Libya: about as warm as its own usual or less Liberia: about as warm as its own usual or less Lesotho: about as warm as its own usual or less Latvia: about as warm as its own usual or less Laos: too little coverage to read Kyrgyzstan: too little coverage to read Kuwait: about as warm as its own usual or less Kosovo: too little coverage to read Kiribati: too little coverage to read Kenya: about as warm as its own usual or less Kazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jordan: about as warm as its own usual or less Japan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jamaica: about as warm as its own usual or less Italy: about as warm as its own usual or less Palestine: about as warm as its own usual or less Ireland: about as warm as its own usual or less Iraq: about as warm as its own usual or less Indonesia: about as warm as its own usual or less India: about as warm as its own usual or less Iceland: about as warm as its own usual or less Hungary: about as warm as its own usual or less Honduras: too little coverage to read Haiti: about as warm as its own usual or less Guyana: too little coverage to read Guinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea: too little coverage to read Guatemala: too little coverage to read Grenada: about as warm as its own usual or less Greece: about as warm as its own usual or less Ghana: about as warm as its own usual or less Germany: about as warm as its own usual or less Georgia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gabon: about as warm as its own usual or less France: about as warm as its own usual or less St Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to read French Polynesia: too little coverage to read New Caledonia: too little coverage to read French Southern Territories: too little coverage to read Åland Islands: too little coverage to read Finland: about as warm as its own usual or less Fiji: about as warm as its own usual or less Ethiopia: about as warm as its own usual or less Estonia: too little coverage to read Eritrea: too little coverage to read Equatorial Guinea: too little coverage to read El Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or less Egypt: about as warm as its own usual or less Ecuador: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominica: too little coverage to read Djibouti: about as warm as its own usual or less Greenland: about as warm as its own usual or less Faroe Islands: too little coverage to read Denmark: about as warm as its own usual or less Czech Republic: too little coverage to read N. Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cyprus: about as warm as its own usual or less Cuba: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: too little coverage to read Côte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or less Costa Rica: about as warm as its own usual or less DR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Comoros: too little coverage to read Colombia: about as warm as its own usual or less China: about as warm as its own usual or less Hong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or less Chile: about as warm as its own usual or less Chad: about as warm as its own usual or less Central African Republic: too little coverage to read Cape Verde: too little coverage to read Canada: about as warm as its own usual or less Cameroon: about as warm as its own usual or less Cambodia: about as warm as its own usual or less Myanmar: about as warm as its own usual or less Burundi: about as warm as its own usual or less Burkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or less Bulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or less Brunei: too little coverage to read Brazil: about as warm as its own usual or less Botswana: too little coverage to read Bosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to read Bolivia: about as warm as its own usual or less Bhutan: about as warm as its own usual or less Benin: about as warm as its own usual or less Belize: about as warm as its own usual or less Belgium: about as warm as its own usual or less Belarus: about as warm as its own usual or less Barbados: about as warm as its own usual or less Bangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahrain: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahamas: about as warm as its own usual or less Azerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or less Austria: about as warm as its own usual or less Australia: about as warm as its own usual or less Heard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to read Armenia: about as warm as its own usual or less Argentina: about as warm as its own usual or less Antigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to read Angola: about as warm as its own usual or less Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Albania: about as warm as its own usual or less Afghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or less Aksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or less Gaza: about as warm as its own usual or less West Bank: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to read Western Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to read Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Siachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or less Crimea: about as warm as its own usual or less East Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or less Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Vatican City: too little coverage to read Marshall Islands: too little coverage to read Northern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less American Samoa: too little coverage to read Chagos Islands: too little coverage to read St. Helena: too little coverage to read Pitcairn: too little coverage to read Anguilla: too little coverage to read Bermuda: about as warm as its own usual or less British Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read Turks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to read Montserrat: too little coverage to read Jersey: about as warm as its own usual or less Guernsey: too little coverage to read San Marino: too little coverage to read St Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to read Cook Islands: too little coverage to read Aruba: too little coverage to read Nauru: too little coverage to read Monaco: about as warm as its own usual or less Maldives: about as warm as its own usual or less Liechtenstein: too little coverage to read Wallis & Futuna: too little coverage to read St. Martin: too little coverage to read St. Barthélemy: too little coverage to read Macao: about as warm as its own usual or less Norfolk Island: too little coverage to read Sint Maarten: too little coverage to read Christmas Island: too little coverage to read Gibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or less Mayotte: too little coverage to read Türkiye: warmth about its own usual Sudan: warmth about its own usual Lebanon: warmth about one and a half times its own usual Israel: warmth about its own usual Iran: warmth about its own usual Mount Hermon, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 11 outlets Nebraska, US -- disasters & accidents: 18 stories, carried by 12 outlets Douala, Cameroon -- food & livelihood: 20 stories, carried by 102 outlets Kansas, US -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 10 outlets Vancouver, Canada -- health: 21 stories, carried by 22 outlets Ottawa, Canada -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 119 outlets
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.
The day in three measures
harsh warm
The words in the day's stories were much softer than usual .
Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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