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31,880 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), violence in Mondulkiri and a disaster in Barbablanca. South Sudan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBelarus 86 in 100 of its 423 stories, usually 35
RegionCentral Asia 62 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Kyrgyzstan

130 of its 158 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Bishkek accounted for 125 of Kyrgyzstan's 130 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. 120 of Bishkek's 125 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Kyrgyzstan over 30 days → its stories → Bishkek stories →
Conflict & violence

Cambodia

147 of its 170 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Mondulkiri accounted for 134 of Cambodia's 147 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (136 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Mondulkiri stories →
Disasters & accidents

Peru

133 of its 184 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Barbablanca accounted for 110 of Peru's 133 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Belarus

363 of its 423 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Minsk accounted for 258 of Belarus' 363 stories about harm, carried by 211 outlets. 250 of Minsk's 258 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (340 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

150 of its 246 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 93 of Lantau's 108 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Plane crash was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

85 of its 94 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Bamako accounted for 67 of Mali's 85 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

795 of its 912 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. 201 of Idlib's 312 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (264 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

UK

2,176 of its 7,557 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (838 stories). Gas explosion was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Congo

290 of its 308 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (152 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Venezuela (34 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Belgium (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Australia (131 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (57 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); poisoning in Ukraine (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 31,880 stories about harm among 141,738 counted on 25 Mar.

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Kyrgyzstan's news was 82% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. of the day's 141,738 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. Venezuela's news mentioned flooding about 5 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 25 March 2016, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo94 in 100 of its 308 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan91 in 100 of its 185 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Mali90 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq89 in 100 of its 985 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Syria87 in 100 of its 912 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK346 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1404 Washington US319 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1299 Minsk Belarus250 stories about protests or strikes, of its 258 Idlib Syria201 stories about protests or strikes, of its 312 Rikers Island US178 stories about protests or strikes, of its 301

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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: 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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 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 readOman: 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 lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: 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 readKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 lessJamaica: 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 lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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 lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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 lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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: 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 readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: 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 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualTimor-Leste: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualMaldives: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLoralai, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsAjit, India -- conflict & violence: 46 stories, carried by 35 outletsWyoming, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 19 stories, carried by 10 outletsNebraska, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsBajaur, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsDarfur, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 37 stories, carried by 27 outletsManila, Philippines -- conflict & violence: 98 stories, carried by 35 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

● Timor-Leste warmth about one and a half times usual ● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual ● Maldives warmth about one and a half times usual ● Philippines warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ethiopia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Loralai Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Ajit India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 46 stories ● Wyoming US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 19 stories ● Nebraska US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Bajaur Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 10,388 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence27% 8,451 stories · much more than usual (usually 21%) Health16% 5,135 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents11% 3,494 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,876 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 890 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 721 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 375 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 killed10,290 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,155 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured3,781 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people affected3,657 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions504 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Congo and the US Stories reporting refugees459 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Kenya Stories reporting people displaced284 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations153 at about half the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan

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 much 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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