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42,682 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at illness in Copenhagen, rights and justice in Oruro and a disaster in Tongatapu. Bolivia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBahrain 40 in 100 of its 188 stories, usually 20
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Denmark

224 of its 723 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Copenhagen accounted for 202 of Denmark's 224 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (136 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Rights & justice

Bolivia

127 of its 208 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Oruro accounted for 83 of Bolivia's 127 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories → Oruro stories →
Disasters & accidents

Tonga

100 of its 143 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tongatapu accounted for 60 of Tonga's 100 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (23 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Tonga over 30 days → its stories → Tongatapu stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

543 of its 858 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Baghdad accounted for 278 of Iraq's 543 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (247 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Sri Lanka

118 of its 339 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (80 stories). Building collapse was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

76 of its 188 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 20 of Manama's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

97 of its 168 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 15 of Oromo's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Displacement

Jordan

172 of its 457 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (138 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

276 of its 761 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (193 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Latvia

25 of its 73 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Plane crash was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in New Zealand (61 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in Latvia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Romania (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Sri Lanka (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Trinidad & Tobago (11 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 14 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 42,682 stories about harm among 220,150 counted on 14 Feb.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 220,150 stories, below the usual 21. A year earlier, on 14 February 2017, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar72 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Tonga70 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 51 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq63 in 100 of its 858 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Bolivia61 in 100 of its 208 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice Syria59 in 100 of its 926 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US222 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1912 New Orleans US139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191 Salt Lake City US127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 181 Moscow Russia118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 357 San Francisco US103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 400

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: 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 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 lessPeru: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: too little coverage to readNiger: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 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: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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 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 lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readHeard & 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 readAlgeria: 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 lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSint 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about one and a half times its own usualYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualChina: 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 usualPennsylvania, US -- other: 39 stories, carried by 19 outletsCheyenne, US -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 21 outletsRakhine State, Myanmar -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 17 outletsBindura, Zimbabwe -- rights & justice: 70 stories, carried by 83 outletsExeter, UK -- health: 36 stories, carried by 47 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 53 stories, carried by 50 outletsErbil, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsJalisco, Mexico -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 19 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

● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Zimbabwe warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Myanmar warmth about one and a half times usual ● Thailand warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Pennsylvania US about twice as warm as the day's news · other · 39 stories ● Cheyenne US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Rakhine State Myanmar about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Bindura Zimbabwe about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 70 stories ● Exeter UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 36 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 12,403 stories · about as usual Health23% 9,497 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence17% 6,920 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 5,666 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,636 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,605 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 1,465 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,426 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 killed12,081 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,904 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,806 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,048 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees725 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Jordan and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced452 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions441 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations425 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill93 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and China

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 softer than 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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