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40,780 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Jerusalem (Israel), violence in Kivu and people injured in Uganda. Uganda's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Congo → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCongo 93 in 100 of its 538 stories, usually 58
RegionNorth America 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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

Israel

2,316 of its 6,123 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Jerusalem accounted for 2,238 of Israel's 2,316 stories about harm, carried by 1,154 outlets. 1,828 of Jerusalem's 2,238 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (1,195 stories). Plague was named in 47 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Conflict & violence

DR Congo

44 of its 52 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Kivu accounted for 26 of the DR Congo's 44 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

DR Congo over 30 days → its stories → Kivu stories →
Health

Uganda

164 of its 341 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Ebola was named in 77 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with haemorrhagic fever. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Norway

186 of its 460 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Oslo accounted for 161 of Norway's 186 stories about harm, carried by 182 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (156 stories).

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

Yemen

235 of its 282 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Sanaa accounted for 144 of Yemen's 235 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

104 of its 169 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Hunger was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Congo

502 of its 538 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Palestine

259 of its 482 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 75 of Gaza's 110 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (112 stories).

its stories →
Health

Portugal

31 of its 147 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Plague was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Senegal

27 of its 100 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hunger in Saudi Arabia (97 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Armenia (42 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Netherlands (57 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in South Sudan (44 of its stories, about three times its usual); dengue in Philippines (180 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 40,780 stories about harm among 208,895 counted on 8 Dec.

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Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Congo. of the day's 208,895 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mentions of the hunger ran about three times their usual in Saudi Arabia's news. In Israel, 38% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo93 in 100 of its 538 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence DR Congo85 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen83 in 100 of its 282 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Cameroon65 in 100 of its 196 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice South Sudan62 in 100 of its 169 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel1828 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2238 Washington US524 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1444 Los Angeles US141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1005 Milan Italy118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130 San Juan County US107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 117

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: 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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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 lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth 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 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessSweden: 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: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readPanama: 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 lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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 lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 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: 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 lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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 lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: too little coverage to readComoros: 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 lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBosnia 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 lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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 readAfghanistan: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readTanzania: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualMontenegro: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times 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 its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualDR Congo: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCongo: warmth about twice its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualDakar, Senegal -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 23 outletsKivu, DR Congo -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 22 outletsKivu, Uganda -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 20 outletsDinka, South Sudan -- rights & justice: 38 stories, carried by 52 outletsMilan, Italy -- rights & justice: 130 stories, carried by 131 outletsKivu, Rwanda -- displacement: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 19 outletsGovernors Harbour, Bahamas -- health: 11 stories, carried by 13 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

● Congo warmth about twice usual ● DR Congo warmth about one and a half times usual ● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual ● Senegal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual ● Norway warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Dakar Senegal about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 23 stories ● Kivu DR Congo about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 26 stories ● Kivu Uganda about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 23 stories ● Dinka South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 38 stories ● Milan Italy about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 130 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 11,933 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 7,579 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence18% 7,386 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Health18% 7,179 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,011 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,607 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,367 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,012 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 killed11,284 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,107 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,976 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,035 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,417 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Congo Stories reporting refugees1,015 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions373 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced245 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines

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
● Griefa little less 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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