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56,098 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Aleppo, protests in Beirut (Lebanon) and rights and justice in Guatemala City. Guatemala's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostUganda 71 in 100 of its 577 stories, usually 40
RegionCentral Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Conflict & violence

Syria

1,506 of its 1,849 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Aleppo accounted for 1,283 of Syria's 1,506 stories about harm, carried by 648 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (458 stories). Storms were named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Aleppo stories →
Protests & strikes

Lebanon

158 of its 283 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Beirut accounted for 119 of Lebanon's 158 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. 108 of Beirut's 119 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Rights & justice

Guatemala

46 of its 60 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Guatemala City accounted for 39 of Guatemala's 46 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories → Guatemala City stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Uganda

410 of its 577 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

141 of its 379 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Bosnia

85 of its 106 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

244 of its 624 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Thailand

369 of its 833 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Heavy rain was named in 96 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hunger.

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Protests & strikes

Ireland

735 of its 2,155 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 358 of Dublin's 578 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (168 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: house fires in Brazil (78 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Thailand (96 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Tanzania (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Antarctica (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in Guyana (13 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 6 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 56,098 stories about harm among 274,767 counted on 6 Dec.

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Brazil's news mentioned house fires more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 274,767 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Syria, 81% of the news was about people being harmed, where 76% is usual.

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Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya85 in 100 of its 370 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Syria81 in 100 of its 1,849 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Bosnia80 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice Yemen78 in 100 of its 265 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Congo77 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US514 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2602 Aleppo Syria455 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1283 Dublin Ireland358 stories about protests or strikes, of its 578 Jerusalem Israel222 stories about protests or strikes, of its 404 Dallas US180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 275

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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readUganda: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: 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 lessPeru: 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 readOman: 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 readNepal: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: 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 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualCroatia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMyanmar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBulgaria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualChina: 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 usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualVatican City: warmth about its own usualNampa, US -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 10 outletsQuetta, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 25 outletsBeijing, China -- rights & justice: 452 stories, carried by 259 outletsBelmont County, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 13 stories, carried by 15 outletsTalisker, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 43 outletsWaiheke, New Zealand -- disasters & accidents: 40 stories, carried by 80 outletsAung Hlaing, Myanmar -- rights & justice: 41 stories, carried by 34 outletsAspley, Australia -- rights & justice: 10 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

● Sri Lanka warmth about one and a half times usual ● China warmth about one and a half times usual ● Libya warmth about one and a half times usual ● Myanmar warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bulgaria 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 · 21 stories ● Quetta Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 31 stories ● Beijing China about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 452 stories ● Belmont County US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 13 stories ● Talisker UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 16,425 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Health20% 11,144 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence20% 11,047 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 8,695 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,231 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,162 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,286 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,193 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 killed16,960 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,814 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,695 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ireland Stories reporting refugees1,094 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced948 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions766 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations198 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill30 at about a third of 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 →

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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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