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50,323 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at road crashes in Peru, violence in Ghouta and protests in Juba (South Sudan). the Netherlands' coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMontenegro 49 in 100 of its 822 stories, usually 17
RegionNorth America 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Peru

125 of its 251 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Lima accounted for 75 of Peru's 125 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (61 stories). Road crashes were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

1,396 of its 1,699 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Ghouta accounted for 1,113 of Syria's 1,396 stories about harm, carried by 682 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (194 stories). Earthquake was named in 70 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with train derailment and plane crash. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Ghouta stories →
Protests & strikes

South Sudan

63 of its 84 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Juba accounted for 43 of South Sudan's 63 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. 28 of Juba's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Juba stories →
Health

Netherlands

256 of its 727 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (196 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Somalia

220 of its 256 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Mogadishu accounted for 142 of Somalia's 220 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

1,067 of its 2,705 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (440 stories). Meningitis was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Indonesia

308 of its 622 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 91 of Jakarta's 152 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (120 stories). Landslides were named in 111 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with avalanche.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

249 of its 550 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Brussels accounted for 230 of Belgium's 249 stories about harm, carried by 278 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (181 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

73 of its 232 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Displacement

Uganda

124 of its 272 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (22 stories). Cholera was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Indonesia (111 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in Romania (23 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Greece (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Mozambique (16 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 22 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 50,323 stories about harm among 225,114 counted on 22 Feb.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Peru. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 225,114 stories, above the usual 21. Mentions of landslides ran about 9 times their usual in Indonesia's news. In Peru, 50% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual. On 22 February 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia86 in 100 of its 256 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Syria82 in 100 of its 1,699 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan75 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 61 · mostly rights & justice Libya71 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Mali65 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US896 stories about protests or strikes, of its 4075 Ghouta Syria396 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1113 Florida US303 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1326 Leon County US246 stories about protests or strikes, of its 267 Jerusalem Israel195 stories about protests or strikes, of its 639

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 lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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 lessTajikistan: 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: 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 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: 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 lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt 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 lessPoland: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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 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: 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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 lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: 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 lessChina: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 readArgentina: 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 readAlbania: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSamoa: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualEl Salvador: warmth about its own usualDominican Republic: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualFairbanks, US -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 46 outletsPennsylvania, US -- other: 62 stories, carried by 37 outletsKariba Dam, Zambia -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsSalt Spring Island, Canada -- health: 23 stories, carried by 24 outletsAmman, Jordan -- conflict & violence: 40 stories, carried by 30 outletsZurich, Switzerland -- health: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- health: 14 stories, carried by 16 outletsDoha, Qatar -- conflict & violence: 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Fairbanks US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 28 stories ● Pennsylvania US about twice as warm as the day's news · other · 62 stories ● Kariba Dam Zambia about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Salt Spring Island Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories ● Amman Jordan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 40 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 13,829 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence26% 12,653 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Health19% 9,442 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 6,234 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,466 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,476 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,206 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,163 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 killed18,839 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting arrests6,152 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,060 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,730 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions810 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees779 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations708 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people displaced329 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill96 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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