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43,851 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Conakry (Guinea), a disaster in Hualien and people killed in Laos. Guinea's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostTaiwan 85 in 100 of its 1,680 stories, usually 20
RegionEast Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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

Guinea

59 of its 89 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Conakry accounted for 51 of Guinea's 59 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. 43 of Conakry's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Conakry stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

1,424 of its 1,680 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Hualien accounted for 1,291 of Taiwan's 1,424 stories about harm, carried by 1,070 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (800 stories). Building collapse was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with power cuts.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories → Hualien stories →
Health

Laos

28 of its 34 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Laos over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Morocco

60 of its 146 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Palestine

814 of its 1,311 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. 202 of Nablus' 384 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (356 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bulgaria

41 of its 160 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 24 of Sofia's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Storms were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Maldives

455 of its 528 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (377 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Argentina

73 of its 207 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Displacement

Cuba

124 of its 310 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Samira accounted for 117 of Cuba's 124 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (78 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Finland

91 of its 321 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Bulgaria (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Philippines (103 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plague in Madagascar (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); snowstorms in France (85 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); norovirus in South Korea (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 Feb. 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 43,851 stories about harm among 228,089 counted on 7 Feb.

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In Bulgaria's news, mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual. Guinea stood out: 66% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 228,089 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. On 7 February 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Maldives86 in 100 of its 528 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Taiwan85 in 100 of its 1,680 stories · usually 20 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria73 in 100 of its 1,255 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan69 in 100 of its 670 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Guinea66 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Nablus Palestine202 stories about protests or strikes, of its 384 Washington US193 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1529 Jerusalem Israel133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 328 Nairobi Kenya125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 253 Damascus Syria99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 472

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 lessYemen: 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: 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 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 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: too little coverage to readSomalia: 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: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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 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 lessPhilippines: 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 readOman: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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 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 lessIreland: 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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 lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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 lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualChonburi, Thailand -- health: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsGeorgia, US -- health: 160 stories, carried by 194 outletsGaza, Palestine -- displacement: 234 stories, carried by 55 outletsGreenville, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsHanoi, Vietnam -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 14 outletsMonrovia, Liberia -- shelter & services: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsKasserine, Tunisia -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 14 outletsHall Harbour, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 20 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

● Thailand warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cambodia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Chonburi Thailand about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Georgia US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 160 stories ● Gaza Palestine about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 234 stories ● Greenville US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Hanoi Vietnam about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 11,986 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Health24% 10,167 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents18% 7,639 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 7,046 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,447 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,636 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,065 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,006 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 killed12,436 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,952 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,304 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,464 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees815 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions512 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced344 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and South Sudan Stories reporting evacuations283 at about half the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people falling ill94 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 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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