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56,713 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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A disaster in Baghdad, violence in Guatemala City and protests in Lusaka (Zambia) drew the news. Guatemala's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPortugal 72 in 100 of its 553 stories, usually 11
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Disasters & accidents

Iraq

1,174 of its 1,382 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Baghdad accounted for 919 of Iraq's 1,174 stories about harm, carried by 864 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (99 stories). Train derailment was named in 107 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with meningitis. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Conflict & violence

Guatemala

232 of its 258 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Guatemala City accounted for 166 of Guatemala's 232 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (214 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories → Guatemala City stories →
Protests & strikes

Zambia

152 of its 361 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 98 of Lusaka's 127 stories were about protests or strikes. Drought was named in 96 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Zambia over 30 days → its stories → Lusaka stories →
Rights & justice

Nepal

111 of its 249 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Portugal

398 of its 553 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Funchal accounted for 342 of Portugal's 398 stories about harm, carried by 312 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (73 stories). Heatwave was named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Panama

51 of its 121 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (27 stories). Earthquake was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Cuba

94 of its 214 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

South Korea

322 of its 1,363 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 162 of Seoul's 240 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (275 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Mali

Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (42 stories). Drownings were named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 452 of Syria's 657 stories about harm, carried by 299 outlets. Heatwave was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Kuwait (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in United Arab Emirates (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Panama (23 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); storms in Zimbabwe (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Tunisia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 Aug. 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 56,713 stories about harm among 277,899 counted on 10 Aug.

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In Zambia's news, mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual. Iraq stood out: 85% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 67%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 277,899 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guatemala90 in 100 of its 258 stories · usually 32 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq85 in 100 of its 1,382 stories · usually 67 · mostly disasters & accidents Mali77 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen76 in 100 of its 215 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan74 in 100 of its 634 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chicago US367 stories about protests or strikes, of its 642 Missouri US277 stories about protests or strikes, of its 447 Los Angeles US227 stories about protests or strikes, of its 607 Washington US220 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1610 Salt Lake City US201 stories about protests or strikes, of its 237

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Yemen: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: too little coverage to readSomalia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: 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 lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDominican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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 lessChile: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: 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 lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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 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 lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern 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 lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualZambia: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualMadagascar: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHonduras: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualBelize: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 105 stories, carried by 99 outletsDehradun, India -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsOslo, Norway -- health: 20 stories, carried by 14 outletsAnantnag, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 17 outletsWagah, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 33 stories, carried by 31 outletsSanta Elena, Honduras -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsNampa, US -- health: 35 stories, carried by 26 outletsTulsa, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 25 stories, carried by 40 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

● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belize warmth about one and a half times usual ● United Arab Emirates warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ukraine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Honduras warmth about one and a half times usual ● Gambia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Juba South Sudan about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 105 stories ● Dehradun India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Oslo Norway about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Anantnag Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● Wagah Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 33 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 16,278 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 11,570 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Health21% 11,404 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents15% 8,105 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,847 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,700 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,526 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,140 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 killed17,657 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,692 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,805 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,824 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting refugees967 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations655 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions565 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting people displaced500 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill50 at about half 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 about as 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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