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48,654 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to extreme cold in Denmark, violence in Oruro and people killed in Zimbabwe. Denmark's coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostLebanon 62 in 100 of its 606 stories, usually 31
RegionNorth America 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Denmark

248 of its 509 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Copenhagen accounted for 220 of Denmark's 248 stories about harm, carried by 288 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (211 stories). Extreme cold was named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Conflict & violence

Bolivia

105 of its 136 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Oruro accounted for 97 of Bolivia's 105 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories → Oruro stories →
Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

314 of its 834 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (165 stories). Road crashes were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Cuba

157 of its 296 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Havana accounted for 147 of Cuba's 157 stories about harm, carried by 201 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (90 stories).

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

171 of its 220 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Yambio accounted for 132 of South Sudan's 171 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (158 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Indonesia

282 of its 563 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (205 stories). Drought was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Health

Latvia

22 of its 56 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

120 of its 209 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Health

US

21,523 of its 77,445 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (3,847 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 1,146 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Norway

4 of Oslo's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in South Korea (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Bahamas (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in China (86 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Venezuela (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Palestine (48 of its stories, about 6 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 15 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 48,654 stories about harm among 219,052 counted on 15 Feb.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Denmark. of the day's 219,052 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. Denmark stood out: 49% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 23%. On 15 February 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan78 in 100 of its 220 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Bolivia77 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan76 in 100 of its 652 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador73 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 33 · mostly health Ethiopia67 in 100 of its 528 stories · usually 39 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US355 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2403 Johannesburg South Africa161 stories about protests or strikes, of its 393 London UK155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 790 Houston US102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 317 Beirut Lebanon99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 339

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 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: too little coverage to readEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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: 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: 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 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 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 readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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 lessPalestine: 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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: 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 lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualTaiwan Strait, Taiwan -- disasters & accidents: 19 stories, carried by 14 outletsBlacksburg, US -- health: 38 stories, carried by 34 outletsPennsylvania, US -- other: 54 stories, carried by 33 outletsBindura, Zimbabwe -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsBalochistan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsYambio, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 132 stories, carried by 148 outletsGuelph, Canada -- health: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsBarcelona, Spain -- health: 13 stories, carried by 11 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

● Taiwan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Zimbabwe warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Saudi Arabia warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Taiwan Strait Taiwan about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 19 stories ● Blacksburg US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 38 stories ● Pennsylvania US about twice as warm as the day's news · other · 54 stories ● Bindura Zimbabwe about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Balochistan Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 12,740 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence23% 11,154 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Health23% 11,121 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents10% 4,840 stories · much less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given9% 4,218 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Food & livelihood3% 1,364 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,254 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,215 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 killed19,993 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests6,617 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,838 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people affected5,481 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees514 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting abductions444 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations412 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced235 at about half the usual rate · most about Iraq and the US Stories reporting people falling ill42 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● Feara little more than 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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