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42,996 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to deaths in Kintampo, heavy rain in Peru and protests in Lantau (Hong Kong). Ghana's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostRwanda 85 in 100 of its 452 stories, usually 32
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Ghana

561 of its 1,392 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Kintampo accounted for 417 of Ghana's 561 stories about harm, carried by 306 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (113 stories). Heavy rain was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ghana over 30 days → its stories → Kintampo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Peru

239 of its 335 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Lima accounted for 181 of Peru's 239 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (94 stories). Heavy rain was named in 101 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

110 of its 321 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 87 of Lantau's 102 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Lantau stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

699 of its 936 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Baghdad accounted for 353 of Iraq's 699 stories about harm, carried by 291 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Congo

87 of its 109 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. 29 of Nkoto's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Guatemala

133 of its 158 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. 36 of Guatemala City's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

60 of its 142 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 7 of Minsk's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (50 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

386 of its 452 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

South Sudan

347 of its 451 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Juba accounted for 202 of South Sudan's 347 stories about harm, carried by 179 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (90 stories).

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Displacement

Papua New Guinea

44 of its 87 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (35 stories). Poisoning was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Nepal (86 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Haiti (23 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); oil spill in Indonesia (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Papua New Guinea (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Zimbabwe (19 of its stories, about 8 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 20 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 42,996 stories about harm among 222,997 counted on 20 Mar.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 10 November 2016. Nepal's news mentioned the avalanche more than ten times as often as usual. Ghana's news was 40% about people being harmed, against a usual 15%. of the day's 222,997 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda85 in 100 of its 452 stories · usually 32 · mostly conflict & violence Guatemala84 in 100 of its 158 stories · usually 71 · mostly rights & justice Congo80 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen79 in 100 of its 140 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan78 in 100 of its 599 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1482 Damascus Syria145 stories about protests or strikes, of its 581 Missouri US120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194 Arkansas US90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 110 Lantau Hong Kong87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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 readSudan: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readRussia: 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 readPanama: 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 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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 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 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: 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: 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 lessFiji: 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: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: 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 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 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: 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 readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: 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: 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 readSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalaysia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHaiti: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEthiopia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBolivia: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about 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 usualJersey: warmth about its own usualBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsAnchorage, US -- health: 56 stories, carried by 56 outletsMiddletown, US -- health: 42 stories, carried by 41 outletsGaza, Palestine -- conflict & violence: 60 stories, carried by 52 outletsCanberra, Australia -- displacement: 134 stories, carried by 221 outletsLaunceston, Australia -- health: 26 stories, carried by 91 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsAuckland, New Zealand -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 11 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

● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Haiti warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belarus warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ethiopia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Norway warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bamako Mali about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Anchorage US about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 56 stories ● Middletown US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 42 stories ● Gaza Palestine about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 60 stories ● Canberra Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 134 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 11,601 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Conflict & violence22% 9,143 stories · about as usual Health20% 8,456 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 5,829 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 3,370 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services4% 1,666 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,131 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 894 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 killed12,884 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,693 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,163 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,854 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees960 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting evacuations678 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions657 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced524 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill65 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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little less than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.