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25,915 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Tegucigalpa (Honduras), landslides in Albania and violence in Mogadishu. Somalia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHonduras 81 in 100 of its 596 stories, usually 23
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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

Honduras

483 of its 596 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 412 of Honduras' 483 stories about harm, carried by 273 outlets. 394 of Tegucigalpa's 412 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (448 stories).

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Tegucigalpa stories →
Disasters & accidents

Albania

191 of its 199 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tirana accounted for 167 of Albania's 191 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (80 stories). Landslides were named in 66 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

315 of its 342 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Mogadishu accounted for 298 of Somalia's 315 stories about harm, carried by 378 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (259 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Germany

604 of its 1,135 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 277 of Hannover's 277 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

335 of its 642 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 155 of Qusra's 260 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (135 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

520 of its 1,552 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (87 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three 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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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

386 of its 694 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (156 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Liberia

24 of its 62 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

186 of its 271 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (125 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: dengue in Philippines (136 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Syria (84 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); meningitis in Yemen (62 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Thailand (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in India (166 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Dec. 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 25,915 stories about harm among 124,505 counted on 2 Dec.

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Honduras' news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 124,505 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Honduras for the second day running. Mentions of landslides ran about 4 times their usual in Albania's news. On 2 December 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Albania96 in 100 of its 199 stories · usually 43 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia92 in 100 of its 342 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Honduras81 in 100 of its 596 stories · usually 23 · mostly rights & justice Yemen80 in 100 of its 469 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Cyprus77 in 100 of its 140 stories · usually 12 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tegucigalpa Honduras394 stories about protests or strikes, of its 412 Hannover Germany277 stories about protests or strikes, of its 277 Charlottesville US221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 225 Dhaka Bangladesh196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 540 San Francisco US180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 478

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 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: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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 lessUganda: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 readSão 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 readRwanda: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: 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: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: 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 lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: 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 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: 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 lessBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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 readYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualHannover, Germany -- rights & justice: 277 stories, carried by 344 outletsOrlando, US -- rights & justice: 180 stories, carried by 12 outletsFarmington, US -- disasters & accidents: 36 stories, carried by 35 outletsLucknow, India -- shelter & services: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsHavana, Cuba -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsNottingham, UK -- health: 48 stories, carried by 59 outletsChibok, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 17 outletsJalalabad, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 51 stories, carried by 58 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

● Iran warmth about one and a half times usual ● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Hannover Germany about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 277 stories ● Orlando US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 180 stories ● Farmington US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 36 stories ● Lucknow India about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 13 stories ● Havana Cuba about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 7,834 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 5,669 stories · about as usual Health19% 4,792 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 4,255 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,252 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 750 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 620 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 303 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 killed7,932 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,100 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests3,785 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,681 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees774 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Cyprus Stories reporting abductions259 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations253 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced252 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill52 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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
● 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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