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48,531 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at people displaced in Baku, violence in Ouagadougou and arrests in Iceland. Burkina Faso's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostAzerbaijan 68 in 100 of its 629 stories, usually 17
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Displacement

Azerbaijan

427 of its 629 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Baku accounted for 369 of Azerbaijan's 427 stories about harm, carried by 405 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (164 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories → Baku stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

673 of its 791 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Ouagadougou accounted for 657 of Burkina Faso's 673 stories about harm, carried by 521 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (571 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Ouagadougou stories →
Shelter & services

Iceland

184 of its 238 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (164 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Afghanistan

571 of its 762 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Kabul accounted for 515 of Afghanistan's 571 stories about harm, carried by 436 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (199 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Georgia

58 of its 90 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (44 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Guernsey

24 of its 43 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Drought was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Ireland

443 of its 1,551 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (89 stories). Accidents were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Greece

178 of its 658 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 115 of Athens' 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

10 of its 23 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 7 of Managua's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Guernsey (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Cuba (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Uganda (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Mar. 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 48,531 stories about harm among 210,641 counted on 2 Mar.

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Azerbaijan's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. In Guernsey's news, mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual. On 2 March 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 23 today. 23 in every 100 of the day's 210,641 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso85 in 100 of its 791 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Slovakia79 in 100 of its 391 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Iceland77 in 100 of its 238 stories · usually 26 · mostly shelter & services Afghanistan75 in 100 of its 762 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia75 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US422 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2687 Jerusalem Israel186 stories about protests or strikes, of its 488 Iditarod US182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184 Afrin Syria156 stories about protests or strikes, of its 312 Hollywood US156 stories about protests or strikes, of its 623

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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 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 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 lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 lessParaguay: 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 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 lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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 lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: too little coverage to readIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readEl 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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 lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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 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 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 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: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern 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: too little coverage to readSiachen Glacier: too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readVatican 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 readTanzania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualGeorgia: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBolivia: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualMaldives: warmth about its own usualMopti, Mali -- conflict & violence: 39 stories, carried by 34 outletsPennsylvania, US -- other: 55 stories, carried by 46 outletsSalem, US -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsBogota, Colombia -- health: 98 stories, carried by 79 outletsSussex, UK -- health: 28 stories, carried by 57 outletsReykjavik, Iceland -- shelter & services: 108 stories, carried by 87 outletsReykjanes, Iceland -- shelter & services: 60 stories, carried by 73 outletsSouth Ossetia, Georgia -- conflict & violence: 49 stories, carried by 60 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

● Congo warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tanzania warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iceland warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Mopti Mali about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 39 stories ● Pennsylvania US about twice as warm as the day's news · other · 55 stories ● Salem US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Bogota Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 98 stories ● Sussex UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 28 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 12,233 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence20% 9,599 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 9,276 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health17% 8,217 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 3,606 stories · about as usual Shelter & services6% 2,677 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Displacement3% 1,267 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 830 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 killed17,346 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,062 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,550 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,786 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions891 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations649 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees570 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Australia and Bangladesh Stories reporting people displaced240 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill76 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 much 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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