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37,216 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Guatemala City (Guatemala), people displaced in Ghouta and a disaster in Conakry. Guatemala's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostGuinea 95 in 100 of its 426 stories, usually 22
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 54 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Guatemala

103 of its 118 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Guatemala City accounted for 82 of Guatemala's 103 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. 81 of Guatemala City's 82 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (90 stories). Hunger was named in 94 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with measles. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories → Guatemala City stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

457 of its 568 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Ghouta accounted for 240 of Syria's 457 stories about harm, carried by 309 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (231 stories). Meningitis was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Ghouta stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guinea

405 of its 426 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Conakry accounted for 401 of Guinea's 405 stories about harm, carried by 578 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (403 stories).

Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Conakry stories →
Rights & justice

Hungary

89 of its 158 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Budapest accounted for 87 of Hungary's 89 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Hungary over 30 days → its stories → Budapest stories →
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Protests & strikes

Iran

383 of its 605 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 159 of Tehran's 207 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (161 stories). Bird flu was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

960 of its 1,118 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Cairo accounted for 892 of Egypt's 960 stories about harm, carried by 839 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (658 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

238 of its 267 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (94 stories). Diphtheria was named in 37 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hepatitis and whooping cough. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Albania

57 of its 90 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Drownings were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

631 of its 2,356 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (216 stories). Bird flu was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

89 of its 155 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Albania (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Armenia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Yemen (37 of its stories, about three times its usual); oil spill in Libya (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in US (994 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 37,216 stories about harm among 157,001 counted on 29 Dec.

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Mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual in Guatemala's news. In Guatemala, 87% of the news was about people being harmed, where 36% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 157,001 stories, above the usual 21. On 29 December 2016, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guinea95 in 100 of its 426 stories · usually 22 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen89 in 100 of its 267 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Guatemala87 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Egypt86 in 100 of its 1,118 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Syria80 in 100 of its 568 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Cairo Egypt224 stories about protests or strikes, of its 892 Washington US203 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1027 Jerusalem Israel193 stories about protests or strikes, of its 490 Ramallah Palestine189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194 San Francisco US169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 346

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: 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 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 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 lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: 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 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 lessNorway: 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: too little coverage to readNiue: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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 readLiberia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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: 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: 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 lessFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: 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 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: too little coverage to readBahrain: 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 lessAustralia: 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: 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 lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readSiachen Glacier: too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & 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 readSweden: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about twice its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHong Kong Island, Hong Kong -- disasters & accidents: 49 stories, carried by 43 outletsOhio, US -- disasters & accidents: 219 stories, carried by 191 outletsDharmapuri, India -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsBuhari, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 17 outletsNew Hampshire, US -- conflict & violence: 37 stories, carried by 49 outletsGateshead, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- food & livelihood: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsHelsinki, Finland -- health: 12 stories, carried by 14 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

● Hong Kong warmth about twice usual ● Libya warmth about one and a half times usual ● Albania warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Hong Kong Island Hong Kong about three times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 49 stories ● Ohio US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 219 stories ● Dharmapuri India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Buhari Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● New Hampshire US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 37 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents28% 10,394 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Rights & justice23% 8,463 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence19% 7,083 stories · about as usual Health16% 5,909 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,044 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,347 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 852 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 505 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 killed14,045 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests4,864 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,856 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt Stories reporting people affected4,396 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees606 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations515 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced481 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Yemen and Israel Stories reporting abductions385 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill47 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 much harsher than 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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