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56,014 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at illness in Bangui, protests in Aleppo (Syria) and violence in Prague. the Central African Republic's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuatemala 92 in 100 of its 276 stories, usually 41
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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Health

Central African Republic

80 of its 83 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Bangui accounted for 58 of the Central African Republic's 80 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (75 stories). Cholera was named in 76 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Central African Republic over 30 days → its stories → Bangui stories →
Protests & strikes

Syria

1,567 of its 1,895 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Aleppo accounted for 1,159 of Syria's 1,567 stories about harm, carried by 649 outlets. 581 of Aleppo's 1,159 stories were about protests or strikes. Poisoning was named in 50 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Aleppo stories →
Conflict & violence

Czechia

96 of its 249 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Prague accounted for 88 of the Czechia's 96 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (74 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories → Prague stories →
Disasters & accidents

Portugal

108 of its 223 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (28 stories). Heatwave was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Guatemala

255 of its 276 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (208 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

514 of its 912 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (321 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Albania

21 of its 56 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 7 of Tirana's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Israel

182 of Jerusalem's 324 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Food poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Taiwan

38 of Taipei's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Respiratory illness was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatstroke. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Meningitis was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: plane crash in United Arab Emirates (56 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Taiwan (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Denmark (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Fiji (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Sudan (15 of its stories, about 4 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 11 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 56,014 stories about harm among 278,882 counted on 11 Aug.

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The Central African Republic's news mentioned the cholera more than ten times as often as usual. the Central African Republic's news was 96% about people being harmed, against a usual 50%. of the day's 278,882 news stories, 20 in every 100 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 →

Central African Republic96 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 50 · mostly health Guatemala92 in 100 of its 276 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Syria83 in 100 of its 1,895 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Laos75 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 26 · mostly conflict & violence Tajikistan73 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 41 · mostly shelter & services

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria581 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1159 Dallas US225 stories about protests or strikes, of its 448 Jerusalem Israel182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 324 Washington US177 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2140 Delhi India90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 769

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLaos: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sGrenada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNauru: coverage a little angrier than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Central African Republic about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 80 stories about harm ● Guatemala about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 255 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,567 stories about harm ● Canada about twice as fearful as the world's · 2,021 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,229 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 581 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 15,513 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence24% 13,326 stories · about as usual Health20% 10,895 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 7,384 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,183 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,783 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,523 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,360 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 killed16,451 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting arrests6,958 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,712 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,411 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting refugees1,043 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced688 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations635 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about France and the US Stories reporting abductions574 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill70 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 →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were 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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