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52,351 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Bangkok, illness in Bangui and protests in Lusaka (Zambia). the Central African Republic's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostThailand 82 in 100 of its 2,559 stories, usually 24
RegionSoutheast Asia 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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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Conflict & violence

Thailand

2,090 of its 2,559 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Bangkok accounted for 1,173 of Thailand's 2,090 stories about harm, carried by 813 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,841 stories). Gas explosion was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Bangkok stories →
Health

Central African Republic

78 of its 93 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Bangui accounted for 58 of the Central African Republic's 78 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (75 stories). Cholera was named in 73 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Zambia

69 of its 235 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 28 of Lusaka's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Yemen

231 of its 291 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Sanaa accounted for 176 of Yemen's 231 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (168 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

164 of its 224 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Sirte accounted for 108 of Libya's 164 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Power cuts were named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Philippines

747 of its 1,555 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (448 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Tanzania

94 of its 243 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Albania

14 of its 45 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 8 of Tirana's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Rights & justice

Romania

78 of its 289 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: polio in Nigeria (329 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Myanmar (25 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); power cuts in Libya (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Tanzania (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Indonesia (26 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 12 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 52,351 stories about harm among 261,942 counted on 12 Aug.

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Thailand's news was 82% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. of the day's 261,942 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 →

New Caledonia95 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents Burundi90 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 73 · mostly rights & justice Central African Republic84 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 56 · mostly health Thailand82 in 100 of its 2,559 stories · usually 24 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen79 in 100 of its 291 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Islamabad Pakistan466 stories about protests or strikes, of its 703 Jerusalem Israel250 stories about protests or strikes, of its 371 Aleppo Syria204 stories about protests or strikes, of its 447 Bismarck US181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 183 Washington US148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1851

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: 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'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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 Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sZambia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sYemen: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer 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'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChad: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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

● South Sudan about twice as warm as the world's · 202 stories about harm ● Yemen about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 231 stories about harm ● Singapore about three times as angry as the world's · 159 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 373 stories about harm ● France about twice as fearful as the world's · 763 stories about harm ● Belgium about twice as fearful as the world's · 98 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 13,821 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence25% 12,676 stories · about as usual Health20% 10,335 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents13% 6,880 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,144 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,820 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,353 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,329 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 killed15,478 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Thailand Stories reporting arrests6,977 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,208 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,639 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees811 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iraq and Australia Stories reporting abductions688 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and Syria Stories reporting people displaced627 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and South Sudan Stories reporting evacuations434 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill154 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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