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24,082 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Valencia (Venezuela), a disaster in Skopje and violence in Hiroshima. Japan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNorth Macedonia 89 in 100 of its 102 stories, usually 11
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 46 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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

Venezuela

1,246 of its 1,506 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Valencia accounted for 555 of Venezuela's 1,246 stories about harm, carried by 485 outlets. 477 of Valencia's 555 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Valencia stories →
Disasters & accidents

North Macedonia

91 of its 102 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Skopje accounted for 87 of North Macedonia's 91 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

North Macedonia over 30 days → its stories → Skopje stories →
Conflict & violence

Japan

593 of its 1,155 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Hiroshima accounted for 431 of Japan's 593 stories about harm, carried by 481 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (500 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Japan over 30 days → its stories → Hiroshima stories →
Rights & justice

Italy

249 of its 582 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Avalanche was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

220 of its 268 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Ras Baalbek accounted for 114 of Lebanon's 220 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

120 of its 237 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (96 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Romania

23 of its 41 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Measles was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Guatemala

20 of its 29 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 4 of Guatemala City's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Australia

1,472 of its 4,934 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories). Snowstorms were named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plane crash.

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Disasters & accidents

Madagascar

13 of its 18 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (11 stories). Cyclone was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in Spain (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (37 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Madagascar (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); measles in Romania (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Belize (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 Aug. 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 24,082 stories about harm among 99,854 counted on 6 Aug.

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Spain's news mentioned respiratory illness more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Venezuela. On 6 August 2016, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 24 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 99,854 stories, above the usual 22. This week the news turned most often to Kenya, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

North Macedonia89 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 11 · mostly disasters & accidents Venezuela83 in 100 of its 1,506 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice Lebanon82 in 100 of its 268 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar82 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Syria77 in 100 of its 694 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Valencia Venezuela477 stories about protests or strikes, of its 555 Caracas Venezuela455 stories about protests or strikes, of its 510 Washington US99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 574 Beirut Lebanon79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88 Bloomington US68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 144

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: too little coverage to readU.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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPoland: 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 readOman: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 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 lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: 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: too little coverage to readChile: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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: 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: 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 readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBarbados: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualDarfur, Sudan -- displacement: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsCook Inlet, US -- other: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsIslamabad, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 85 stories, carried by 56 outletsAndover, US -- health: 26 stories, carried by 26 outletsKigali, Rwanda -- conflict & violence: 67 stories, carried by 66 outletsMexico City, Mexico -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsParis, France -- displacement: 218 stories, carried by 314 outletsNorthern Ireland, UK -- rights & justice: 40 stories, carried by 128 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

● Pakistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Darfur Sudan about three times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 10 stories ● Cook Inlet US about twice as warm as the day's news · other · 11 stories ● Islamabad Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 85 stories ● Andover US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 26 stories ● Kigali Rwanda about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 67 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 6,247 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence26% 6,105 stories · much more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents18% 4,211 stories · about as usual Health16% 3,771 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,278 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 850 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 730 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 440 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 killed8,282 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,993 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Venezuela Stories reporting people affected3,317 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,621 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions393 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced359 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations327 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees201 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Canada and Mexico

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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