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48,324 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Banjul (Gambia), violence in Srebrenica and people killed in Fiji. Bosnia's coverage was about 4 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 · about as usual Country that rose mostBosnia 91 in 100 of its 178 stories, usually 43
RegionSouth Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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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Protests & strikes

Gambia

335 of its 507 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Banjul accounted for 234 of the Gambia's 335 stories about harm, carried by 203 outlets. 203 of Banjul's 234 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (258 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories → Banjul stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

162 of its 178 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Srebrenica accounted for 150 of Bosnia's 162 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Srebrenica stories →
Rights & justice

Fiji

93 of its 219 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Fiji over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Qatar

61 of its 271 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Libya

270 of its 330 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Sirte accounted for 175 of Libya's 270 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (121 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Finland

140 of its 457 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Hypothermia was named in 13 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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Rights & justice

Argentina

70 of its 237 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

70 of its 171 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Bulgaria

40 of its 135 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Avalanche was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Bangladesh

345 of its 708 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (78 stories). Outbreaks were named in 118 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Bangladesh (118 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Philippines (142 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (70 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); avalanche in Bulgaria (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Cameroon (19 of its stories, more than ten 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 5 Dec. 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 48,324 stories about harm among 245,356 counted on 5 Dec.

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In Bangladesh's news, mentions of outbreaks ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 245,356 stories, as usual. the Gambia's news was 66% about people being harmed, against a usual 38%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia91 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Libya82 in 100 of its 330 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Syria79 in 100 of its 1,890 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq75 in 100 of its 852 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan73 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US460 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1804 Aleppo Syria433 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1101 Dallas US366 stories about protests or strikes, of its 463 Morton County US344 stories about protests or strikes, of its 349 Banjul Gambia203 stories about protests or strikes, of its 234

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 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: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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 lessPoland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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 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 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 lessJamaica: 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: 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: 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: 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: 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 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 lessMyanmar: 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 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 readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNampa, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 25 outletsWest Point, Canada -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 72 outletsNashville, US -- disasters & accidents: 30 stories, carried by 40 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 16 outletsBuea, Cameroon -- shelter & services: 34 stories, carried by 23 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 21 outletsAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsChifeng, China -- disasters & accidents: 20 stories, carried by 21 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

● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual ● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Fiji warmth about one and a half times usual ● New Zealand warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Nampa US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● West Point Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Nashville US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 30 stories ● Juba South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Buea Cameroon about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 34 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 14,351 stories · about as usual Health19% 9,091 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 8,733 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents17% 8,268 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,709 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,814 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,298 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,074 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 killed15,351 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,219 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,807 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,560 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,142 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions471 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced449 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations308 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill45 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and China

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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