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28,774 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to drownings in Libya, violence in Casamance and protests in Paris (France). Senegal's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSenegal 71 in 100 of its 180 stories, usually 19
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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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Disasters & accidents

Libya

177 of its 221 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tripoli accounted for 128 of Libya's 177 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (145 stories). Drownings were named in 73 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Conflict & violence

Senegal

127 of its 180 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Casamance accounted for 120 of Senegal's 127 stories about harm, carried by 203 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Casamance stories →
Protests & strikes

France

209 of its 690 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 83 of Paris' 156 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Train derailment was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Rights & justice

Sweden

80 of its 190 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

251 of its 374 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Sopore accounted for 173 of Kashmir's 251 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

379 of its 541 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Cairo accounted for 302 of Egypt's 379 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Gas explosion was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

192 of its 238 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Ghouta accounted for 127 of Syria's 192 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Austria

153 of its 245 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

314 of its 640 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 192 of Riyadh's 238 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (223 stories).

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Guinea-Bissau

15 of its 16 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Belgium (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (137 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in UK (61 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); gas explosion in Egypt (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Japan (16 of its stories, about 5 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 6 Jan. 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 28,774 stories about harm among 120,099 counted on 6 Jan.

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Libya's news mentioned drownings about 7 times as often as usual. On 6 January 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 24 today. In Libya, 80% of the news was about people being harmed, where 54% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 120,099 stories, above the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo95 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Syria81 in 100 of its 238 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Libya80 in 100 of its 221 stories · usually 54 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar75 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen73 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran633 stories about protests or strikes, of its 717 Jerusalem Israel261 stories about protests or strikes, of its 435 Riyadh Saudi Arabia192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 238 Washington US141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1013 San Francisco US123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 251

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: too little coverage to readYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: 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 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: 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: 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 lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: 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: too little coverage to readChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: 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 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: 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: 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualCosta Rica: warmth about its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNew Albany, US -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 18 outletsKinshasa, DR Congo -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsMaiduguri, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsWoonsocket, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 31 stories, carried by 10 outletsAlberto Fujimori, Peru -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 86 outletsMexico City, Mexico -- disasters & accidents: 102 stories, carried by 91 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 20 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

● Peru warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mexico warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● New Albany US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Kinshasa DR Congo about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Maiduguri Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 14 stories ● Woonsocket US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 31 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 7,682 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents26% 7,389 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Health17% 4,846 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 4,582 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,512 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 902 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 742 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 666 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 killed9,527 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,415 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,368 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations464 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting abductions316 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees281 at about half the usual rate · most about Germany and Bangladesh Stories reporting people displaced226 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill89 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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