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46,104 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Plane crash in Nepal, protests in Panama City (Panama) and the drought in Zambia drew the news. Yemen's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCroatia 82 in 100 of its 131 stories, usually 22
RegionCentral Asia 18 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
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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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

719 of its 1,052 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kathmandu accounted for 676 of Nepal's 719 stories about harm, carried by 621 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (359 stories). Plane crash was named in 450 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with road crashes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Protests & strikes

Panama

33 of its 91 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 27 of Panama City's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Panama over 30 days → its stories → Panama City stories →
Shelter & services

Zambia

44 of its 100 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Drought was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Zambia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

205 of its 243 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Sanaa accounted for 119 of Yemen's 205 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (127 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.

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

Croatia

107 of its 131 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Zagreb accounted for 91 of Croatia's 107 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Landslides were named in 96 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

1,151 of its 1,350 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Ghouta accounted for 774 of Syria's 1,151 stories about harm, carried by 533 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (254 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Ethiopia

222 of its 288 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (115 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

1,194 of its 1,818 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (391 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Chad

68 of its 118 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of abductions ran at about 10 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Dominican Republic

39 of its 72 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Croatia (96 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (873 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Sierra Leone (76 of its stories, about three times its usual); food poisoning in Namibia (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Grenada (25 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 13 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 46,104 stories about harm among 210,288 counted on 13 Mar.

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Croatia's news mentioned landslides more than ten times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 210,288 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Nepal. Nepal stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 35%. A year earlier, on 13 March 2017, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

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Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger91 in 100 of its 212 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Syria85 in 100 of its 1,350 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen84 in 100 of its 243 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Croatia82 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 22 · mostly disasters & accidents Mali79 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

San Diego US525 stories about protests or strikes, of its 608 Washington US496 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2186 Gaza Palestine222 stories about protests or strikes, of its 717 Beijing China221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 359 Ghouta Syria209 stories about protests or strikes, of its 774

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 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 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: 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 lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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 lessSpain: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: 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: 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 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 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 lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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 lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: 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: 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: 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 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 lessIreland: 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 lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 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 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 lessAlbania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: 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: 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 readYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSlovakia: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMadagascar: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualChad: warmth about its own usualBurundi: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualJersey: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCarmarthenshire, UK -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 20 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsSandy Hook, US -- disasters & accidents: 22 stories, carried by 75 outletsDapchi, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 61 stories, carried by 42 outletsWest Point, US -- conflict & violence: 33 stories, carried by 64 outletsDubbo, Australia -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsAlice Springs, Australia -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 23 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

● Austria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Niger warmth about one and a half times usual ● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● United Arab Emirates warmth about one and a half times usual ● Jersey warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Carmarthenshire UK about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Sandy Hook US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 22 stories ● Dapchi Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 61 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 12,803 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 9,548 stories · about as usual Health19% 8,561 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 7,390 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,305 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,663 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,117 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 980 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 killed14,967 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,184 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,768 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,724 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees590 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations490 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced474 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions385 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill27 at about half the usual rate · most about India and the US

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
● 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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