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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.

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: 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 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: 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 lessUnited Arab Emirates: 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: too little coverage to readTonga: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: 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 lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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 lessPhilippines: 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 readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: too little coverage to readIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: 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 lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-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 lessGhana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 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: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: 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 usualUzbekistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualEswatini: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJordan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGabon: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBelize: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualWyoming, US -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 25 outletsManipur, India -- conflict & violence: 34 stories, carried by 32 outletsGwadar, Pakistan -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsCartagena, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsLake Como, Italy -- disasters & accidents: 29 stories, carried by 64 outletsKansas, US -- rights & justice: 48 stories, carried by 17 outletsJalalabad, Afghanistan -- rights & justice: 49 stories, carried by 44 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 14 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

● Mexico warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Jordan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Wyoming US about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Manipur India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 34 stories ● Gwadar Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Cartagena Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Lake Como Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 29 stories

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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