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55,014 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Lisbon (Portugal), plane crash in Rwanda and illness in Port Salut. Rwanda's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Haiti and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPortugal 39 in 100 of its 410 stories, usually 12
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Portugal

161 of its 410 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Lisbon accounted for 152 of Portugal's 161 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. 145 of Lisbon's 152 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (140 stories).

Portugal over 30 days → its stories → Lisbon stories →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

144 of its 259 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kigali accounted for 117 of Rwanda's 144 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Plane crash was named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Kigali stories →
Disasters & accidents

Haiti

Port Salut accounted for 452 of Haiti's 1,038 stories about harm, carried by 528 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (334 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Saudi Arabia

595 of its 1,060 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 261 of Taif's 286 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (285 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

159 of its 212 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Juba accounted for 129 of South Sudan's 159 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Bhutan

28 of its 49 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (24 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

505 of its 664 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. 215 of Addis Ababa's 232 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

488 of its 631 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Polio was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kyrgyzstan

22 of its 63 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 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: whooping cough in Jordan (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Netherlands (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Kuwait (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); dengue in Philippines (83 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); plague in Congo (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 26 the day before
27 in 10020 in 10011 Sep18 Sep25 Sep2 Oct10 Oct11 Sep: 25 in 10012 Sep: 22 in 10013 Sep: 20 in 10014 Sep: 20 in 10015 Sep: 21 in 10016 Sep: 20 in 10017 Sep: 22 in 10018 Sep: 27 in 10019 Sep: 24 in 10020 Sep: 23 in 10021 Sep: 22 in 10022 Sep: 22 in 10023 Sep: 21 in 10024 Sep: 23 in 10025 Sep: 23 in 10026 Sep: 20 in 10027 Sep: 21 in 10028 Sep: 21 in 10029 Sep: 22 in 10030 Sep: 21 in 1001 Oct: 22 in 1002 Oct: 23 in 1003 Oct: 21 in 1004 Oct: 20 in 1005 Oct: 21 in 1006 Oct: 22 in 1007 Oct: 23 in 1008 Oct: 24 in 1009 Oct: 26 in 10010 Oct: 22 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 Oct. 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 55,014 stories about harm among 245,853 counted on 10 Oct.

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Portugal stood out: 39% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 12%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 245,853 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Rwanda's news, mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Haiti and the US.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi95 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice Yemen80 in 100 of its 1,053 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Congo79 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti78 in 100 of its 1,334 stories · usually 80 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan77 in 100 of its 631 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US421 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2659 Taif Saudi Arabia261 stories about protests or strikes, of its 286 Addis Ababa Ethiopia215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 232 Johannesburg South Africa215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 277 Sanaa Yemen183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 558

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 lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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 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 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: 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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 readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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 lessGabon: 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 readFiji: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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 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 lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: 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 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 lessAfghanistan: 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 lessCrimea: 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: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNiger: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about its own usualLaos: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualBotswana: warmth about its own usualBosnia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBhutan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualBojaya, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 131 stories, carried by 126 outletsBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 36 stories, carried by 31 outletsAllentown, US -- health: 29 stories, carried by 10 outletsBhojpur, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 66 stories, carried by 51 outletsOslo, Norway -- conflict & violence: 95 stories, carried by 17 outletsFort Mcmurray, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 25 outletsRadio Pakistan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 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

● Niger warmth about one and a half times usual ● Poland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Taiwan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Norway warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bojaya Colombia about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 131 stories ● Bamako Mali about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 36 stories ● Allentown US about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 29 stories ● Bhojpur Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 66 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 14,405 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence24% 13,111 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 10,086 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Health19% 10,065 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,443 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,716 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,669 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 792 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 killed17,818 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected8,396 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests5,986 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,238 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,760 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and South Korea Stories reporting refugees1,253 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced873 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions555 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill366 at about twice the usual rate · most about Haiti and the US

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.