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58,472 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh), deaths in Hardangervidda and violence in Tunis. Norway's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIceland 75 in 100 of its 233 stories, usually 19
RegionCentral Asia 52 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

Bangladesh

672 of its 1,140 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Dhaka accounted for 557 of Bangladesh's 672 stories about harm, carried by 397 outlets. 341 of Dhaka's 557 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (251 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Norway

658 of its 1,056 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Hardangervidda accounted for 533 of Norway's 658 stories about harm, carried by 747 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (625 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Norway over 30 days → its stories → Hardangervidda stories →
Conflict & violence

Tunisia

113 of its 142 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Tunis accounted for 93 of Tunisia's 113 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Tunis stories →
Disasters & accidents

Iceland

175 of its 233 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Katla accounted for 152 of Iceland's 175 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Volcanic eruption was named in 154 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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

Yemen

836 of its 870 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Sanaa accounted for 381 of Yemen's 836 stories about harm, carried by 292 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (250 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

342 of its 772 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 198 of Harare's 275 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

97 of its 223 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 53 of Caracas' 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Landslides were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

618 of its 832 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (226 stories). Power cuts were named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Uzbekistan

203 of its 273 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lithuania

61 of its 106 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Uganda (63 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); dengue in Singapore (147 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Venezuela (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Cuba (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Ethiopia (12 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 29 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 58,472 stories about harm among 257,163 counted on 29 Aug.

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Iceland's news mentioned volcanic eruption about 6 times as often as usual. 23 in every 100 of the day's 257,163 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Bangladesh, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 52% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen96 in 100 of its 870 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Syria83 in 100 of its 1,381 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia80 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia79 in 100 of its 658 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Iceland75 in 100 of its 233 stories · usually 19 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US450 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2202 Dhaka Bangladesh341 stories about protests or strikes, of its 557 Harare Zimbabwe198 stories about protests or strikes, of its 275 London UK159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 600 Phoenix US150 stories about protests or strikes, of its 447

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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: 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'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. 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'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTogo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sParaguay: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as grief-stricken 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'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGabon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry 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

● Norway about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 658 stories about harm ● Yemen about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 836 stories about harm ● Lithuania about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 618 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as fearful as the world's · 672 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as angry as the world's · 519 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 15,561 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence23% 13,490 stories · about as usual Health20% 11,753 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 8,799 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,693 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,051 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 1,332 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 830 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 killed20,020 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,613 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,472 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,596 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,090 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced1,031 at about twice the usual rate · most about Yemen and Syria Stories reporting abductions946 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations580 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill43 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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
● 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.