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46,949 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to the avalanche in Nepal, protests in Langa Tabiki (French Guiana) and rights and justice in Kasese. North Korea's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostFrench Guiana 98 in 100 of its 132 stories, usually 10
RegionCentral Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

397 of its 531 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kathmandu accounted for 314 of Nepal's 397 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (121 stories). Avalanche was named in 142 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Protests & strikes

French Guiana

130 of its 132 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Langa Tabiki accounted for 130 of French Guiana's 130 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. 130 of Langa Tabiki's 130 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (130 stories).

French Guiana over 30 days → its stories → Langa Tabiki stories →
Rights & justice

Uganda

389 of its 617 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kasese accounted for 214 of Uganda's 389 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (341 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kasese stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

North Korea

147 of its 307 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Pyongyang accounted for 144 of North Korea's 147 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Kazakhstan

41 of its 96 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 13 of Almaty's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ukraine

211 of its 434 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 109 of Kiev's 145 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (144 stories).

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Displacement

Peru

62 of its 230 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Earthquake was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Suriname

9 of its 21 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 8 of Paramaribo's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Brazil

71 of Sao Paulo's 81 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Cuba

Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Tajikistan (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hepatitis in United Arab Emirates (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in South Africa (122 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); avalanche in Austria (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Peru (22 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 Nov. 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 46,949 stories about harm among 236,760 counted on 28 Nov.

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Mentions of the avalanche ran more than ten times their usual in Nepal's news. of the day's 236,760 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Nepal stood out: 75% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 31%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

French Guiana98 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 10 · mostly conflict & violence Central African Republic89 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal75 in 100 of its 531 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq75 in 100 of its 880 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Syria75 in 100 of its 2,300 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US410 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1567 Cannonball River US315 stories about protests or strikes, of its 316 Aleppo Syria229 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1367 Havana Cuba203 stories about protests or strikes, of its 870 Delhi India159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 583

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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: 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 lessSweden: 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 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 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: 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 lessMexico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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 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 readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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 readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualLithuania: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about 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 usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEstonia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualJuba, South Sudan -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 35 stories, carried by 25 outletsCartagena, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsKupwara, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 16 outletsRukla, Lithuania -- displacement: 21 stories, carried by 19 outletsBeijing, China -- rights & justice: 329 stories, carried by 307 outletsSamarra, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 18 outletsFederalsburg, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsHawaii, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 30 stories, carried by 56 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

● Japan warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Uganda warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Juba South Sudan about three times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 35 stories ● Cartagena Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Kupwara Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Rukla Lithuania about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 21 stories ● Beijing China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 329 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 13,883 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Conflict & violence22% 10,229 stories · about as usual Health18% 8,124 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 6,668 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,406 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,322 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,228 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,209 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 killed14,018 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,295 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,062 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,607 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,033 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions494 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced467 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations333 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba

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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