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55,907 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in San Salvador (El Salvador), flooding in Zimbabwe and illness in Pyongyang. North Korea's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEl Salvador 89 in 100 of its 144 stories, usually 47
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 43
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Zimbabwe

559 of its 853 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Harare accounted for 322 of Zimbabwe's 559 stories about harm, carried by 198 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (290 stories). Flooding was named in 272 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with heavy rain and respiratory illness.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories → Harare stories →
Health

North Korea

312 of its 472 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Pyongyang accounted for 208 of North Korea's 312 stories about harm, carried by 189 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

149 of its 187 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Bamako accounted for 99 of Mali's 149 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

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

Netherlands

258 of its 689 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 33 of Amsterdam's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

281 of its 454 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 117 of Marmelade's 130 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (191 stories). Landslides were named in 191 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm and flooding.

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Disasters & accidents

Ireland

622 of its 2,352 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (308 stories). Meningitis was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with measles and whooping cough. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

153 of its 249 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 12 of Addis Ababa's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Rabies was named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Denmark

120 of its 301 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 103 of Copenhagen's 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Uzbekistan

32 of its 50 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 9 of Tashkent's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Haiti (191 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); rabies in Ethiopia (88 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Liberia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Tanzania (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tuberculosis in Kenya (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Mar. 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 55,907 stories about harm among 265,868 counted on 3 Mar.

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Haiti's news mentioned landslides more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 265,868 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In el Salvador, 89% of the news was about people being harmed, where 47% is usual. A year earlier, on 3 March 2016, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

El Salvador89 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice Mali80 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Syria79 in 100 of its 1,602 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia78 in 100 of its 193 stories · usually 65 · mostly displacement Libya77 in 100 of its 401 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1161 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2727 Nebraska US386 stories about protests or strikes, of its 440 Raqqa Syria177 stories about protests or strikes, of its 227 North Dakota US165 stories about protests or strikes, of its 183 Chicago US163 stories about protests or strikes, of its 854

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 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: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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 readTajikistan: 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: 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 lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: 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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 lessKazakhstan: 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 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 lessIran: 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 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 lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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 readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTanzania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about twice its own usualMauritius: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualGeorgia: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJersey: warmth about its own usualMaputo, Mozambique -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 14 outletsNarathiwat, Thailand -- conflict & violence: 47 stories, carried by 55 outletsKigoma, Tanzania -- health: 10 stories, carried by 15 outletsIowa, US -- health: 44 stories, carried by 58 outletsFatsa, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 56 stories, carried by 54 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 46 stories, carried by 25 outletsRustavi, Georgia -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 21 outletsSalem, US -- rights & justice: 21 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

● Mozambique warmth about twice usual ● Thailand warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tanzania warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Maputo Mozambique about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 23 stories ● Narathiwat Thailand about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 47 stories ● Kigoma Tanzania about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Iowa US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 44 stories ● Fatsa Türkiye about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 56 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 18,123 stories · about as usual Health20% 11,100 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence19% 10,515 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 6,998 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,620 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,147 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,806 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,535 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 killed14,803 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,968 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,465 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,041 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Zimbabwe Stories reporting refugees1,048 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced642 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Haiti and Israel Stories reporting abductions615 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting evacuations453 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people falling ill57 at about the usual rate

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 harsher 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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