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47,737 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Kandy (Sri Lanka), violence in Ghouta and deaths in Vienna. Syria's coverage was about three times as angry 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 · more than usual Country that rose mostAustria 68 in 100 of its 391 stories, usually 17
RegionCentral Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
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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Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

512 of its 928 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kandy accounted for 403 of Sri Lanka's 512 stories about harm, carried by 297 outlets. 258 of Kandy's 403 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (165 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 19 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.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Kandy stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

991 of its 1,220 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Ghouta accounted for 794 of Syria's 991 stories about harm, carried by 562 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (140 stories). Plane crash was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Ghouta stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Austria

266 of its 391 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Vienna accounted for 222 of Austria's 266 stories about harm, carried by 318 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (189 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Rights & justice

Argentina

129 of its 255 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

El Salvador

203 of its 256 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. San Salvador accounted for 141 of el Salvador's 203 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

368 of its 406 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (334 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Displacement

Angola

54 of its 109 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Malaria was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Denmark

81 of its 192 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

North Korea

240 of its 1,210 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

490 of its 2,248 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 60 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with typhoon.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Sierra Leone (53 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Angola (23 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Japan (60 of its stories, about three times its usual); hiv in Ethiopia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in US (1449 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 47,737 stories about harm among 233,401 counted on 7 Mar.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 233,401 stories, below the usual 22. On 7 March 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Papua New Guinea91 in 100 of its 406 stories · usually 64 · mostly disasters & accidents South Sudan81 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Syria81 in 100 of its 1,220 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador79 in 100 of its 256 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Burkina Faso78 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US410 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1752 Houston US298 stories about protests or strikes, of its 548 Kandy Sri Lanka258 stories about protests or strikes, of its 403 Ghouta Syria228 stories about protests or strikes, of its 794 Sacramento US143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 498

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: 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 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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 lessTanzania: 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: 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 lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: too little coverage to readSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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 lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: 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 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: 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 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 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 lessLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: 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 lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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 lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: 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 lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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 lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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 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 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualBogota, Colombia -- health: 49 stories, carried by 48 outletsRakhine State, Myanmar -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 16 outletsMaryland, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 14 outletsAmman, Jordan -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsOrono, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 49 stories, carried by 44 outletsAmsterdam, Netherlands -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsSeoul, South Korea -- conflict & violence: 91 stories, carried by 80 outletsDapchi, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 47 stories, carried by 38 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

● Cuba warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 49 stories ● Rakhine State Myanmar about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Maryland US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Amman Jordan about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Orono US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 49 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 14,231 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Health19% 8,990 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 8,657 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents15% 7,240 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,914 stories · about as usual Shelter & services6% 2,874 stories · more than usual (usually 4%) Displacement2% 924 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 904 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 killed13,202 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting arrests6,539 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,919 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,745 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees644 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions506 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations460 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced445 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill35 at about half 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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