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45,600 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Rights and justice in Monrovia, protests in Minsk (Belarus) and abductions in Kashmir drew the news. Liberia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBelarus 81 in 100 of its 125 stories, usually 31
RegionCentral Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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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Rights & justice

Liberia

161 of its 246 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Monrovia accounted for 129 of Liberia's 161 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Malaria was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Liberia over 30 days → its stories → Monrovia stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

101 of its 125 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Minsk accounted for 90 of Belarus' 101 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. 89 of Minsk's 90 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (49 stories).

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

257 of its 390 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sweden

Stockholm accounted for 164 of Sweden's 174 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (125 stories). Flooding was named in 117 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Stockholm stories →
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Protests & strikes

Türkiye

1,018 of its 1,547 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Istanbul accounted for 716 of Türkiye's 1,018 stories about harm, carried by 573 outlets. 660 of Istanbul's 716 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (208 stories).

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Protests & strikes

France

1,298 of its 2,869 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 856 of Paris' 1,113 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (625 stories). Drownings were named in 630 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

414 of its 542 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. 128 of Baghdad's 164 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nepal

65 of Kathmandu's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (66 stories). Hypothermia was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

North Macedonia

111 of its 141 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Skopje accounted for 102 of North Macedonia's 111 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. 95 of Skopje's 102 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Rights & justice

Germany

384 of its 1,165 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (108 stories). Flooding was named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with train derailment.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in France (630 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Germany (88 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (35 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hypothermia in Nepal (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in Ireland (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 May. 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 45,600 stories about harm among 208,718 counted on 1 May.

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In Sweden's news, mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 208,718 stories, as usual. Liberia's news was 65% about people being harmed, against a usual 43%. On 1 May 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 today. Over April, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 in April 2016.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen85 in 100 of its 185 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Belarus81 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 31 · mostly rights & justice North Macedonia79 in 100 of its 141 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq76 in 100 of its 542 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Burkina Faso75 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France856 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1113 Washington US736 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2591 Istanbul Türkiye660 stories about protests or strikes, of its 716 Caracas Venezuela372 stories about protests or strikes, of its 398 Chicago US304 stories about protests or strikes, of its 550

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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 readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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 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: 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 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 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: 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 readMali: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: 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 lessJamaica: 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 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 lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: 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: 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 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 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: 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTunisia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKodok, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 40 stories, carried by 58 outletsLisbon, Portugal -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsPeshawar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 14 outletsFort Ashby, US -- health: 83 stories, carried by 81 outletsTunis, Tunisia -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 19 outletsState of Connecticut, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 19 stories, carried by 19 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- disasters & accidents: 96 stories, carried by 104 outletsAccra, Ghana -- food & livelihood: 28 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

● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Portugal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cuba warmth about one and a half times usual ● United Arab Emirates warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kodok South Sudan about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 40 stories ● Lisbon Portugal about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Peshawar Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Fort Ashby US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 83 stories ● Tunis Tunisia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 14,156 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 9,475 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Health18% 7,916 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 7,642 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,909 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,233 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 866 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 676 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 killed15,724 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,266 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,936 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,968 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees615 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Sweden and Sri Lanka Stories reporting abductions291 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations217 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced214 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Liberia

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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