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42,808 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Caracas (Venezuela), storms in Poland and people falling ill in Zimbabwe. Poland's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostMadagascar 79 in 100 of its 163 stories, usually 34
RegionCentral Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

167 of its 290 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Caracas accounted for 124 of Venezuela's 167 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. 85 of Caracas' 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (95 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Shelter & services

Poland

94 of its 315 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Storms were named in 50 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Zimbabwe

195 of its 540 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Poisoning was named in 115 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nicaragua

49 of its 62 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Syria

485 of its 599 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Deirezzor accounted for 256 of Syria's 485 stories about harm, carried by 181 outlets. 191 of Deirezzor's 256 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Cambodia

154 of its 259 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 23 of Phnom Penh's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Norway

26 of Oslo's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Landslides were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Health

Madagascar

129 of its 163 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Haiti

133 of its 169 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 84 of Haiti's 133 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Liberia

70 of its 170 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Germany (62 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Costa Rica (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Bangladesh (54 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); landslides in Norway (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Belgium (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 24; 23 the day before
33 in 10020 in 1007 Sep14 Sep21 Sep28 Sep6 Oct7 Sep: 25 in 1008 Sep: 26 in 1009 Sep: 30 in 10010 Sep: 33 in 10011 Sep: 29 in 10012 Sep: 25 in 10013 Sep: 24 in 10014 Sep: 23 in 10015 Sep: 24 in 10016 Sep: 27 in 10017 Sep: 27 in 10018 Sep: 23 in 10019 Sep: 23 in 10020 Sep: 23 in 10021 Sep: 23 in 10022 Sep: 22 in 10023 Sep: 24 in 10024 Sep: 24 in 10025 Sep: 20 in 10026 Sep: 21 in 10027 Sep: 20 in 10028 Sep: 22 in 10029 Sep: 23 in 10030 Sep: 23 in 1001 Oct: 21 in 1002 Oct: 28 in 1003 Oct: 26 in 1004 Oct: 24 in 1005 Oct: 23 in 1006 Oct: 23 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 Oct. 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 42,808 stories about harm among 186,863 counted on 6 Oct.

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Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Zimbabwe's news. In Venezuela, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 40% is usual. A year earlier, on 6 October 2016, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. 23 in every 100 of the day's 186,863 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 24.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger93 in 100 of its 461 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen83 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Syria81 in 100 of its 599 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Madagascar79 in 100 of its 163 stories · usually 34 · mostly health Nicaragua79 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 45 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US259 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2448 Deirezzor Syria191 stories about protests or strikes, of its 256 Madrid Spain168 stories about protests or strikes, of its 291 Barcelona Spain163 stories about protests or strikes, of its 287 Melbourne Australia123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 209

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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 readSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUruguay: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 warm as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Madagascar about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 129 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 485 stories about harm ● Niger about twice as angry as the world's · 430 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 464 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 156 stories about harm ● Italy about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 118 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence24% 9,989 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Rights & justice23% 9,881 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 8,633 stories · much less than usual (usually 26%) Health18% 7,369 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,992 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,295 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,094 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 850 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 killed14,888 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,802 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,917 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting arrests4,295 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations676 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting refugees589 at about half the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and China Stories reporting people displaced281 at about half the usual rate · most about Palestine and the US Stories reporting abductions277 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Australia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill49 at about the usual rate

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
● Griefa little more than 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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