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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.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: 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 lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 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 lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: 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 readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: 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 lessJamaica: 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 lessPalestine: 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 lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: 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 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: 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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: 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 lessAfghanistan: 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): 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualVietnam: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUruguay: warmth about its own usualUK: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualDominica: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBotswana: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualTathra, Australia -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 96 outletsNagasaki, Japan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsOslo, Norway -- rights & justice: 50 stories, carried by 48 outletsHanoi, Vietnam -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsDanang, Vietnam -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 24 outletsBerrien County, US -- rights & justice: 42 stories, carried by 41 outletsTexas Department of Public Safety, US -- conflict & violence: 52 stories, carried by 78 outletsTownsville, Australia -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 16 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

● Vietnam warmth about one and a half times usual ● Norway warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cambodia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mexico warmth about one and a half times usual ● Saudi Arabia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Tathra Australia about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 26 stories ● Nagasaki Japan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Oslo Norway about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 50 stories ● Hanoi Vietnam about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Danang Vietnam about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.