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28,739 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Quetzaltenango (Guatemala), violence in Jammu and rights and justice in Santiago. Kashmir's coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHong Kong 72 in 100 of its 303 stories, usually 22
RegionOceania 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words 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

90 of its 105 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Quetzaltenango accounted for 80 of Guatemala's 90 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. 78 of Quetzaltenango's 80 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Kashmir

404 of its 518 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Jammu accounted for 319 of Kashmir's 404 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Rights & justice

Chile

87 of its 184 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Santiago accounted for 72 of Chile's 87 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Chile over 30 days → its stories → Santiago stories →
Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

217 of its 303 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (163 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Italy

287 of its 707 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 124 of Macerata's 149 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (96 stories). Overdoses were named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Thailand

156 of its 356 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Bangkok accounted for 123 of Thailand's 156 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. 92 of Bangkok's 123 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (86 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

325 of its 544 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 41 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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Disasters & accidents

Samoa

48 of its 69 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Cyclone was named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

255 of its 375 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (52 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 78 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

195 of its 288 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Hualien accounted for 172 of Taiwan's 195 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Samoa (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (78 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Spain (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Mexico (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); overdoses in Italy (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 28,739 stories about harm among 131,024 counted on 10 Feb.

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In Guatemala, 86% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 131,024 stories, as usual. On 10 February 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guatemala86 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 24 · mostly rights & justice Yemen84 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Libya83 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Mali83 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia81 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US277 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1437 Jerusalem Israel274 stories about protests or strikes, of its 510 Nablus Palestine163 stories about protests or strikes, of its 217 Macerata Italy124 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 Bangkok Thailand92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 123

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: 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 lessSouth Africa: 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: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: 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 readCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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 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: 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: 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 lessItaly: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSyria: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMontana, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsVermont, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 46 outletsRio de Janeiro, Brazil -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsPort-au-Prince, Haiti -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsSuez Canal, Egypt -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 21 outletsQuebec, Canada -- health: 17 stories, carried by 14 outletsColchester, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 41 stories, carried by 28 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

● Brazil warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Montana US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Vermont US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Rio de Janeiro Brazil about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Port-au-Prince Haiti about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Suez Canal Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 8,246 stories · about as usual Health21% 5,960 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 5,344 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 4,501 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,650 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,068 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 874 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 466 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 killed9,103 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,158 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,590 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people affected3,433 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees739 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Israel Stories reporting abductions693 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced409 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Yemen Stories reporting evacuations261 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Norway

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 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.