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50,744 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in la Macarena (Colombia), the drought in Mongolia and violence in Sofia. Bulgaria's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostMongolia 69 in 100 of its 86 stories, usually 9
RegionSoutheast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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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Protests & strikes

Colombia

151 of its 266 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. 55 of la Macarena's 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (120 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → La Macarena stories →
Shelter & services

Mongolia

59 of its 86 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Bayankhongor accounted for 52 of Mongolia's 59 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories). Drought was named in 54 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Mongolia over 30 days → its stories → Bayankhongor stories →
Conflict & violence

Bulgaria

169 of its 353 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Sofia accounted for 160 of Bulgaria's 169 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bulgaria over 30 days → its stories → Sofia stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

314 of its 503 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (92 stories). Plane crash was named in 88 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Somalia

357 of its 413 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Mogadishu accounted for 301 of Somalia's 357 stories about harm, carried by 291 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (262 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Mali

71 of its 89 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Kidal accounted for 57 of Mali's 71 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Georgia

56 of its 83 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Tbilisi accounted for 45 of Georgia's 56 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. 43 of Tbilisi's 45 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Protests & strikes

DR Congo

35 of its 41 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 7 of Kikwit's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Ebola was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with outbreaks and haemorrhagic fever.

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Rights & justice

Gibraltar

25 of its 46 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Vietnam

243 of its 631 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (192 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in DR Congo (29 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); snowstorms in Antarctica (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Kashmir (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in Norway (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 50,744 stories about harm among 255,955 counted on 26 Feb.

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Mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual in Mongolia's news. of the day's 255,955 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Colombia stood out: 57% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 50%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia86 in 100 of its 413 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen83 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Mali80 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 70 · mostly rights & justice Burundi78 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Syria77 in 100 of its 2,441 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Hesston US415 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2581 Jerusalem Israel335 stories about protests or strikes, of its 628 Athens Greece240 stories about protests or strikes, of its 456 Tehran Iran238 stories about protests or strikes, of its 335 Washington US204 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1495

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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 lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 lessPoland: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: 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 lessLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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 lessJordan: too little coverage to readJapan: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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: 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 lessGhana: too little coverage to readGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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: 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 lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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 lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: 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: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUkraine: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualTonga: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBurundi: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKidal, Mali -- rights & justice: 57 stories, carried by 58 outletsKampala, Uganda -- rights & justice: 127 stories, carried by 122 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 41 stories, carried by 41 outletsAttapulgus, US -- health: 22 stories, carried by 22 outletsCalifornia, US -- rights & justice: 241 stories, carried by 228 outletsNiger Delta, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 14 outletsBarcelona, Spain -- rights & justice: 39 stories, carried by 26 outletsSilivri, Türkiye -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 10 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

● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual ● Taiwan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Jamaica warmth about one and a half times usual ● Uganda warmth about one and a half times usual ● Fiji warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kidal Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 57 stories ● Kampala Uganda about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 127 stories ● Juba South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 41 stories ● Attapulgus US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories ● California US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 241 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 16,911 stories · more than usual (usually 32%) Conflict & violence26% 13,142 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents12% 5,776 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Health11% 5,259 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,643 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,077 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,604 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,492 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 killed16,679 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,896 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,722 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people affected5,711 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,325 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Greece and Germany Stories reporting people displaced615 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions596 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations271 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Fiji and the US Stories reporting people falling ill100 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 softer than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.