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50,440 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Cairo (Egypt), violence in Kidal and rights and justice in Dakar drew the news. Mali's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSenegal 76 in 100 of its 127 stories, usually 43
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 53 in 100 of its stories, usually 48
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

454 of its 813 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 187 of Cairo's 359 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Road crashes were named in 71 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

338 of its 381 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Kidal accounted for 280 of Mali's 338 stories about harm, carried by 240 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (234 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Kidal stories →
Health

Venezuela

263 of its 476 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Mexico

791 of its 1,688 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 368 of Topo Chico's 404 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (459 stories). House fires were named in 47 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Cameroon

124 of its 158 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Ashigashiya accounted for 105 of Cameroon's 124 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Greece

252 of Athens' 349 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (188 stories). Snowstorms were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

197 of its 272 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Juba accounted for 143 of South Sudan's 197 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

44 of its 60 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

36 of its 82 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 15 of Manama's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Indonesia (138 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Colombia (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in Fiji (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (22 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hunger in Somalia (18 of its stories, about three times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 Feb. 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 50,440 stories about harm among 247,537 counted on 12 Feb.

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In Indonesia's news, mentions of the tsunami ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 247,537 stories, as usual. Egypt's news was 56% about people being harmed, against a usual 47%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali89 in 100 of its 381 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Cameroon78 in 100 of its 158 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen78 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 82 · mostly conflict & violence Senegal76 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Syria75 in 100 of its 3,304 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India377 stories about protests or strikes, of its 690 Washington US373 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2231 Topo Chico Mexico368 stories about protests or strikes, of its 404 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge US322 stories about protests or strikes, of its 393 Aleppo Syria264 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1548

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 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: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: 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 lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: 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 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: 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 readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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 lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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 readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: too little coverage to readPalestine: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readFiji: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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: too little coverage to readChina: 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 lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: 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 lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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 lessAzerbaijan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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 readEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualNuremburg, Germany -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsMachar, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 22 outletsWhitehall, UK -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 78 outlets-Dawsonville, US -- rights & justice: 81 stories, carried by 76 outletsLake Chad, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 23 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 143 stories, carried by 160 outletsKupwara, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 16 outletsPeshawar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 34 stories, carried by 22 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

● Liberia warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ireland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tunisia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Burkina Faso warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Nuremburg Germany about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Machar South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 24 stories ● Whitehall UK about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● -Dawsonville US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 81 stories ● Lake Chad Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice36% 17,703 stories · much more than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence24% 11,899 stories · about as usual Health12% 5,830 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 5,658 stories · much less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,205 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 2,262 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,754 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,188 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 killed13,472 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,438 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,353 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,836 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees2,126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced804 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the Central African Republic Stories reporting abductions440 at about half the usual rate · most about India and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations224 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people falling ill115 at about two-thirds of 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 →

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The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmtha little more than 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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