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31,707 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Bucharest (Romania), a disaster in Zagan and violence in Beirut. Poland's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostRomania 85 in 100 of its 260 stories, usually 24
RegionEast Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
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

Romania

220 of its 260 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Bucharest accounted for 193 of Romania's 220 stories about harm, carried by 181 outlets. 163 of Bucharest's 193 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (171 stories). Plague was named in 154 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Disasters & accidents

Poland

137 of its 210 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Zagan accounted for 117 of Poland's 137 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (119 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories → Zagan stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

167 of its 244 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Beirut accounted for 148 of Lebanon's 167 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Sweden

37 of its 144 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Brazil

237 of its 447 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 81 of Rio Grande do Norte's 97 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

539 of its 566 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Bougainville accounted for 505 of Papua New Guinea's 539 stories about harm, carried by 616 outlets. Tsunami was named in 536 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with earthquake.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

334 of its 354 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Sanaa accounted for 210 of Yemen's 334 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

China

621 of its 2,530 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (204 stories). Landslides were named in 202 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

India

2,258 of its 7,745 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (1,187 stories). Train derailment was named in 937 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Gambia

637 of its 1,392 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Banjul accounted for 570 of the Gambia's 637 stories about harm, carried by 381 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Papua New Guinea (536 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in Italy (412 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in India (937 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Uganda (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in China (202 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 22 Jan. 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 31,707 stories about harm among 138,352 counted on 22 Jan.

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In Romania, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 138,352 stories, above the usual 22. It was the second day running that the news turned to Romania. In Papua New Guinea's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 5 times their usual. On 23 January 2016, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 23 today. This week the news turned most often to Italy, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Papua New Guinea95 in 100 of its 566 stories · usually 48 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen94 in 100 of its 354 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Romania85 in 100 of its 260 stories · usually 24 · mostly rights & justice Syria77 in 100 of its 854 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon68 in 100 of its 244 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US2078 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3085 Kremlin Russia213 stories about protests or strikes, of its 306 San Francisco US200 stories about protests or strikes, of its 262 Banjul Gambia174 stories about protests or strikes, of its 570 Bucharest Romania163 stories about protests or strikes, of its 193

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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: too little coverage to readNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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 lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 lessJordan: 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 lessPalestine: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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 lessAfghanistan: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualDistrict of Columbia, US -- food & livelihood: 16 stories, carried by 71 outletsUtah, US -- shelter & services: 63 stories, carried by 73 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 103 stories, carried by 90 outletsSokoto, Nigeria -- food & livelihood: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsTalisker, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 87 outletsLa Loche, Canada -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 21 stories, carried by 50 outletsBerlin, Germany -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 26 outletsFort Saskatchewan, Canada -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 31 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

● Kyrgyzstan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● District of Columbia US about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 16 stories ● Utah US about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 63 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 103 stories ● Sokoto Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 18 stories ● Talisker UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 10,081 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents25% 7,908 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence18% 5,638 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Health12% 3,857 stories · much less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,744 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,008 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 574 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 401 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 killed10,878 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,878 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected3,666 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,578 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees507 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations438 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions278 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Lebanon and the Philippines Stories reporting people displaced269 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about half the usual rate · most about Canada 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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