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52,298 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Mogadishu, protests in Mizque (Bolivia) and landslides in Kashmir. Poland's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria →
Part of lifeRights & justice 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostBolivia 81 in 100 of its 186 stories, usually 21
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

541 of its 622 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Mogadishu accounted for 449 of Somalia's 541 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (80 stories). Natural hazards were named in 79 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Protests & strikes

Bolivia

150 of its 186 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 62 of Mizque's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories → Mizque stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

188 of its 311 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Landslides were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Poland

425 of its 662 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (313 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Burkina Faso

79 of its 88 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Ouagadougou accounted for 77 of Burkina Faso's 79 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cuba

119 of its 236 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Havana accounted for 104 of Cuba's 119 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (91 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kenya

327 of its 777 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (223 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Morocco

90 of its 204 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Gambia

275 of its 560 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Banjul accounted for 233 of the Gambia's 275 stories about harm, carried by 230 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Chile

352 of its 617 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (78 stories). Wildfires were named in 222 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storms.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Chile (222 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plane crash in Brazil (141 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Mongolia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Pakistan (79 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Saudi Arabia (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 52,298 stories about harm among 268,669 counted on 27 Jan.

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Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria. In Somalia, 87% of the news was about people being harmed, where 70% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 268,669 stories, below the usual 21. On 28 January 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso90 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 27 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia87 in 100 of its 622 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Bolivia81 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 21 · mostly rights & justice Côte d’Ivoire69 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq69 in 100 of its 430 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3920 Philadelphia US119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 463 Bangkok Thailand113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 New York US101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 438 Delhi India86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 263

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 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 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 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 lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: too little coverage to readPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: 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: 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: 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 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 lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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 lessKazakhstan: 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 lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIran: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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 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 lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: 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 readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: 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 lessChina: 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: 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 lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern 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 lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: 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 readZambia: warmth about its own usualYemen: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUK: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLatvia: warmth about its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualEritrea: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualCôte d’Ivoire: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualJersey: warmth about its own usualMadagali, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsLisbon, Portugal -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsPryor Creek, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsFort Madison, US -- health: 28 stories, carried by 27 outletsCurchorem, India -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsCasablanca, Morocco -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 21 outletsHumberside, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 12 stories, carried by 12 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

● Syria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual ● Czechia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Madagali Nigeria about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Lisbon Portugal about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Pryor Creek US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Bamako Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Fort Madison US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 28 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice38% 19,345 stories · much more than usual (usually 29%) Health19% 9,525 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 8,607 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents12% 6,286 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,623 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,236 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,634 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 948 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 killed13,733 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests6,937 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,791 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,746 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting refugees2,040 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions475 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bolivia Stories reporting evacuations432 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Chile Stories reporting people displaced390 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Somalia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill42 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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 softer than 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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