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21,176 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to helicopter crash in Honduras, violence in Libreville and protests in Prague (Czechia). Gabon's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostHonduras 93 in 100 of its 148 stories, usually 38
RegionSouth Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Honduras

138 of its 148 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 130 of Honduras' 138 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 83 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Tegucigalpa stories →
Conflict & violence

Gabon

89 of its 169 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Libreville accounted for 80 of Gabon's 89 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Gabon over 30 days → its stories → Libreville stories →
Protests & strikes

Czechia

28 of its 69 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 23 of Prague's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Drownings were named in 16 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.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories → Prague stories →
Health

Sierra Leone

17 of its 22 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Sierra Leone over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Chile

175 of its 577 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories). Landslides were named in 141 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

954 of its 1,585 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Quetta accounted for 623 of Pakistan's 954 stories about harm, carried by 724 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (666 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

136 of its 165 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Niamey accounted for 122 of Niger's 136 stories about harm, carried by 192 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (123 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

437 of its 1,045 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories). Tropical storm was named in 231 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides, typhoon and power cuts. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Germany

110 of its 412 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 17 of Berlin's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Poisoning was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Ukraine

130 of its 185 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kiev accounted for 120 of Ukraine's 130 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. 116 of Kiev's 120 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Chile (141 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (231 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Iran (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (30 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Germany (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 21,176 stories about harm among 96,557 counted on 17 Dec.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia. of the day's 96,557 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Honduras stood out: 93% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 38%. On 17 December 2016, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 22 today. This week the news turned most often to Israel, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Honduras93 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen87 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Niger82 in 100 of its 165 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Syria76 in 100 of its 297 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan74 in 100 of its 278 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel531 stories about protests or strikes, of its 712 Quetta Pakistan292 stories about protests or strikes, of its 623 Washington US117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1113 Kiev Ukraine116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 120 Petersburg Russia98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 330

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: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: too little coverage to readUganda: 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: 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 readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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 lessSaudi Arabia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: 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 readMontenegro: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: 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 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: 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 lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 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: too little coverage to readEast 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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 readSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHattiesburg, US -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 26 outletsPrague, Czechia -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 26 outletsLashkar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 11 outletsJefferson County, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 14 stories, carried by 16 outletsColumbia River, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 23 stories, carried by 22 outletsVienna, Austria -- displacement: 18 stories, carried by 19 outletsLucknow, India -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsOttawa, Canada -- food & livelihood: 18 stories, carried by 15 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

● Austria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Russia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Hattiesburg US about 4 times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Prague Czechia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 27 stories ● Lashkar Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Jefferson County US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 14 stories ● Columbia River Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 23 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence26% 5,358 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Rights & justice24% 4,972 stories · much less than usual (usually 29%) Disasters & accidents19% 3,988 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Health17% 3,560 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,137 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 875 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 548 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 443 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 killed7,563 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting people injured2,779 at about twice the usual rate · most about Pakistan and the US Stories reporting people affected2,584 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,500 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations549 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Chile Stories reporting refugees292 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Bangladesh Stories reporting abductions244 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced154 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill63 at about twice 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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