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29,868 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Bogota (Colombia), people killed in Austria and people injured in Hong Kong. South Sudan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Bangladesh → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostAustria 78 in 100 of its 183 stories, usually 16
RegionNorth America 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

215 of its 261 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Bogota accounted for 193 of Colombia's 215 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. 122 of Bogota's 193 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (160 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Austria

142 of its 183 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

146 of its 182 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

South Sudan

144 of its 152 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

South Africa

257 of its 658 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 78 of Johannesburg's 117 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (105 stories). Earthquake was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Azerbaijan

77 of its 112 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Baku accounted for 65 of Azerbaijan's 77 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

330 of its 621 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (169 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Cameroon

60 of its 84 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Finland

99 of its 134 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Helsinki accounted for 73 of Finland's 99 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

US

13,253 of its 35,424 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,665 stories). Storm surge was named in 1,088 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tornadoes, house fires and cyclone.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cholera in Sudan (29 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Papua New Guinea (19 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); typhoon in China (41 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storm surge in US (1088 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Syria (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

30 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 29 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 29,868 stories about harm among 99,558 counted on 27 Aug.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 4 June 2017. Evacuations were reported at about 6 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Bangladesh. of the day's 99,558 news stories, 30 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 23. Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about three times the usual rate. This week the news turned most often to Angola, 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 →

South Sudan95 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Macao94 in 100 of its 141 stories · usually 39 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen93 in 100 of its 238 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq84 in 100 of its 495 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia82 in 100 of its 261 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

San Francisco US634 stories about protests or strikes, of its 848 Charlottesville US316 stories about protests or strikes, of its 424 Sirsa India190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 290 Washington US155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 749 Bogota Colombia122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 193

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMacao: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Colombia about twice as warm as the world's · 215 stories about harm ● Belgium about 4 times as angry as the world's · 226 stories about harm ● Cameroon about three times as angry as the world's · 60 stories about harm ● Spain about twice as fearful as the world's · 655 stories about harm ● South Sudan about three times as angry as the world's · 144 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 88 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents34% 10,073 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Rights & justice23% 6,718 stories · much less than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence21% 6,109 stories · about as usual Health11% 3,192 stories · much less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,449 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 977 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 776 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 249 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 killed10,615 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected5,465 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting people injured4,330 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests3,184 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations2,029 at about 6 times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting refugees677 at about twice the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Australia Stories reporting people displaced416 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Colombia and the US Stories reporting abductions309 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria

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 softer 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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