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59,264 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to a disaster in Guatemala City, violence in Mogadishu and protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh). Guatemala's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and China →
Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMadagascar 90 in 100 of its 199 stories, usually 33
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

404 of its 454 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Guatemala City accounted for 370 of Guatemala's 404 stories about harm, carried by 401 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (203 stories). Hunger was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories → Guatemala City stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

299 of its 361 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Mogadishu accounted for 171 of Somalia's 299 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 stories). Cholera was named in 101 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with measles, malaria and plague.

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

Bangladesh

319 of its 710 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 141 of Dhaka's 228 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (181 stories). Cyclone was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Madagascar

179 of its 199 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Antananarivo accounted for 120 of Madagascar's 179 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nepal

115 of its 230 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 40 of Saptari's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (47 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

203 of its 360 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Cameroon

37 of its 84 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 17 of Yaounde's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories).

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

114 of its 157 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Drought was named in 67 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Singapore

347 of its 2,387 stories (15%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). 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: drought in South Sudan (67 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Brazil (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Egypt (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (69 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); natural hazards in Sri Lanka (25 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 8 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 59,264 stories about harm among 284,633 counted on 8 Mar.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and China. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 284,633 stories, as usual. Guatemala's news was 89% about people being harmed, against a usual 41%. In South Sudan's news, mentions of the drought ran about three times their usual. A year earlier, on 8 March 2016, 19 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 →

Madagascar90 in 100 of its 199 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents Guatemala89 in 100 of its 454 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia83 in 100 of its 361 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan81 in 100 of its 1,757 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Congo79 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US581 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1886 Ramsey County US258 stories about protests or strikes, of its 283 Manhattan US143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 407 Chicago US142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 484 Dhaka Bangladesh141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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 Kingdom: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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 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: 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 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: 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 lessMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 lessIsrael: too little coverage to readIreland: 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 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 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 lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: 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 lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTunisia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalaysia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBolivia: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKidal, Mali -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsLas Cruces, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsNew Hampshire, US -- rights & justice: 147 stories, carried by 177 outletsGaza, Palestine -- rights & justice: 77 stories, carried by 17 outletsNowra, Australia -- health: 20 stories, carried by 15 outletsKampala, Uganda -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 112 stories, carried by 73 outletsKerala, India -- rights & justice: 14 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

● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tunisia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual ● Malaysia warmth about one and a half times usual ● North Korea warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kidal Mali about 4 times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Las Cruces US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● New Hampshire US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 147 stories ● Gaza Palestine about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 77 stories ● Nowra Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 19,163 stories · about as usual Health19% 11,229 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 10,189 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents14% 8,152 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 4,189 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,541 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,394 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,012 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 killed16,687 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,682 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,545 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,858 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees1,160 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting evacuations778 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ireland Stories reporting people displaced548 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions353 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill140 at about twice 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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