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23,269 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at train derailment in Greece, illness in Sanaa and protests in Bouake (Côte d’Ivoire). Yemen's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostGreece 67 in 100 of its 636 stories, usually 22
RegionSouth Asia 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
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

Greece

425 of its 636 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Athens accounted for 323 of Greece's 425 stories about harm, carried by 377 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Train derailment was named in 341 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Health

Yemen

148 of its 173 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Sanaa accounted for 127 of Yemen's 148 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (83 stories). Cholera was named in 112 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with flooding. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Protests & strikes

Côte d’Ivoire

Bouake accounted for 122 of Côte d’Ivoire's 140 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. 113 of Bouake's 122 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 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.

Côte d’Ivoire over 30 days → its stories → Bouake stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Iran

259 of its 582 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (160 stories). Earthquake was named in 160 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

281 of its 383 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Canada

512 of its 2,084 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Hurricane was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tornadoes, snowstorms and storms.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Qatar

42 of its 178 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 20 of Doha's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

India

1,356 of its 5,209 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Hunger was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Papua New Guinea

11 of its 29 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 3 of Manus Island's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Iran (160 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in DR Congo (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in France (83 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Nigeria (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in UK (113 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 23,269 stories about harm among 115,007 counted on 14 May.

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Greece stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 115,007 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. A year earlier, on 14 May 2016, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. This week the news turned most often to Iran, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo93 in 100 of its 174 stories · usually 75 · mostly health Yemen86 in 100 of its 173 stories · usually 73 · mostly health Central African Republic84 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Syria75 in 100 of its 530 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon74 in 100 of its 258 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 775 Qaboun Syria141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 283 Bouake Côte d’Ivoire113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 122 Paris France83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 513 Delhi India74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 328

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman 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 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: too little coverage to readNiue: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: 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 readIndia: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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 lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: 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 lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: 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: too little coverage to readBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about twice its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualVienna, Austria -- rights & justice: 61 stories, carried by 67 outletsBari, Italy -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsHennepin County, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 15 outletsLepanto, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 22 outletsCape Breton, Canada -- health: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsKupwara, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 67 stories, carried by 37 outletsNorthumbria, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsNorthern Ireland, UK -- rights & justice: 43 stories, carried by 30 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

● Austria warmth about twice usual ● Russia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Vienna Austria about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 61 stories ● Bari Italy about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Hennepin County US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Lepanto US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Cape Breton Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 5,665 stories · much less than usual (usually 31%) Health24% 5,448 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence22% 4,909 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 3,061 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 1,709 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 664 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 635 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 468 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 killed7,642 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,178 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,952 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,563 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions672 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees447 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations394 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Pakistan Stories reporting people displaced133 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Yemen and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the Czechia

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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