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38,531 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Berlin (Germany), a disaster in Bali and people injured in Mali. Mali's coverage was about twice as warm as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 55 in 100 of its 759 stories, usually 31
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Germany

274 of Berlin's 480 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (460 stories). Earthquake was named in 103 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories → Berlin stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

419 of its 759 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Bali accounted for 230 of Indonesia's 419 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories).

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Bali stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

64 of its 83 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Benin

20 of its 28 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Russia

443 of its 1,644 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (170 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

172 of its 576 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 59 of Harare's 112 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

76 of Qardaha's 139 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (185 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

Sirte accounted for 144 of Libya's 178 stories about harm, carried by 165 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (152 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Outbreaks were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Chile (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Somalia (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in France (48 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in Japan (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 26; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 Sep. 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 38,531 stories about harm among 188,259 counted on 25 Sep.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 11 August 2017. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 188,259 stories, below the usual 26. It was the second day running that the news turned to Germany. In Chile's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 6 times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria79 in 100 of its 704 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Dominica78 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 76 · mostly disasters & accidents Mali77 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar69 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh66 in 100 of its 973 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US321 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1945 Berlin Germany274 stories about protests or strikes, of its 480 Richmond Heights US164 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 Berkeley US143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 289 Varanasi India139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145

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: too little coverage to readVietnam: 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 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 lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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 lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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 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 readCuraçao: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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 lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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 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 lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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 lessAngola: 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 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 lessAzad 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 lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBenin: warmth about its own usualAntigua & Barbuda: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualAnefis, Mali -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 22 outletsDistrict of Columbia, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsDruzba, Russia -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsFreetown, Sierra Leone -- health: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsBautzen, Germany -- conflict & violence: 111 stories, carried by 86 outletsWest Virginia, US -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsOgba, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 33 stories, carried by 25 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 25 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

● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual ● Puerto Rico warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Anefis Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● District of Columbia US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Druzba Russia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Freetown Sierra Leone about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Bautzen Germany about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 111 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 9,288 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Health21% 7,832 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents21% 7,779 stories · much less than usual (usually 32%) Conflict & violence20% 7,609 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,428 stories · more than usual (usually 4%) Shelter & services3% 1,216 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,035 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 643 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 killed10,275 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting people affected5,156 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting arrests4,578 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,975 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,319 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations559 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Puerto Rico Stories reporting people displaced400 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting abductions317 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill38 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nepal

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 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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