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35,315 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in la Paz (Bolivia), a disaster in Amatrice and violence in Asuncion. Bolivia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUzbekistan 73 in 100 of its 119 stories, usually 18
RegionCentral Asia 57 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Bolivia

179 of its 194 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. la Paz accounted for 161 of Bolivia's 179 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. 160 of la Paz's 161 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (143 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories → La Paz stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

1,245 of its 2,156 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Amatrice accounted for 897 of Italy's 1,245 stories about harm, carried by 742 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (101 stories). Plague was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Amatrice stories →
Conflict & violence

Paraguay

94 of its 100 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Asuncion accounted for 61 of Paraguay's 94 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Paraguay over 30 days → its stories → Asuncion stories →
Health

Singapore

518 of its 2,043 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Dengue was named in 67 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with chikungunya.

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

Uzbekistan

87 of its 119 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Andijan accounted for 69 of Uzbekistan's 87 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. 68 of Andijan's 69 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (83 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

278 of its 358 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Polio was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

990 of its 1,311 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (547 stories). Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Sierra Leone

27 of its 38 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 14 of Freetown's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

77 of its 103 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

969 of its 1,123 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (394 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Kenya (49 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); hurricane in Cuba (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Panama (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Japan (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in India (100 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 35,315 stories about harm among 154,822 counted on 28 Aug.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Bolivia. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 154,822 stories, as usual. Bolivia's news was 92% about people being harmed, against a usual 56%. This week the news turned most often to Italy, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Paraguay94 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Bolivia92 in 100 of its 194 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Syria86 in 100 of its 1,123 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Micronesia80 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Colombia78 in 100 of its 358 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US476 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1522 La Paz Bolivia160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 161 Dallas US152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 209 Phoenix US127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 394 Aleppo Syria113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 236

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: 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 lessUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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 readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: 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 lessSomalia: 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 readSingapore: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: too little coverage to readRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: 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 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 lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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 lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: 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 lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: 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 lessGermany: 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 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: 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 lessCzech 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia 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 lessBelize: 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 lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern 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 lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualUS: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualGabon: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualWyoming, US -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 21 outletsDetroit, US -- rights & justice: 53 stories, carried by 51 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 58 stories, carried by 80 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 17 outletsUmbria, Italy -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsSan Vicente del Caguan, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 85 stories, carried by 135 outletsEau Rouge, Belgium -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 54 stories, carried by 41 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

● Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Japan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kenya warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Wyoming US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 21 stories ● Detroit US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 53 stories ● Khartoum Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 58 stories ● Juba South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Umbria Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 9,826 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence26% 9,132 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents17% 5,868 stories · about as usual Health15% 5,344 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,890 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,203 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 842 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 583 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 killed12,604 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,146 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting arrests4,960 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,710 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions840 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees792 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Germany and the US Stories reporting evacuations361 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people displaced324 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill19 at about a third 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 much softer than 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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