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51,092 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Panama City (Panama), a disaster in Kathmandu and violence in Iferouane. Nepal's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostFinland 43 in 100 of its 580 stories, usually 14
RegionEurope 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Protests & strikes

Panama

38 of its 132 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 24 of Panama City's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Flooding was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Panama over 30 days → its stories → Panama City stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

295 of its 514 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kathmandu accounted for 270 of Nepal's 295 stories about harm, carried by 253 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (137 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

120 of its 147 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Iferouane accounted for 78 of Niger's 120 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Iferouane stories →
Health

Antarctica

51 of its 81 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Papua New Guinea

141 of its 167 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Southern Highlands accounted for 102 of Papua New Guinea's 141 stories about harm, carried by 192 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Bolivia

37 of its 65 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Palmasola accounted for 29 of Bolivia's 37 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. 20 of Palmasola's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Ghouta accounted for 524 of Syria's 932 stories about harm, carried by 339 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (262 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 260 of Afghanistan's 415 stories about harm, carried by 233 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Finland

248 of its 580 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 141 of Helsinki's 151 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Eritrea

21 of its 29 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 14 of Asmara's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Namibia (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Grenada (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in Croatia (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); tuberculosis in Libya (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Mexico (42 of its stories, about 9 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 14 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 51,092 stories about harm among 233,973 counted on 14 Mar.

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Panama's news was 29% about people being harmed, against a usual 10%. of the day's 233,973 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Panama for the second day running. Mentions of outbreaks ran about 4 times their usual in Namibia's news. On 14 March 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 →

Papua New Guinea84 in 100 of its 167 stories · usually 67 · mostly disasters & accidents Niger82 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Syria80 in 100 of its 1,162 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador68 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Myanmar63 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US923 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2460 Florida US579 stories about protests or strikes, of its 890 Ghouta Syria251 stories about protests or strikes, of its 524 San Diego US211 stories about protests or strikes, of its 345 Douglas County US164 stories about protests or strikes, of its 238

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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: 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 readUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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 lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-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 lessGhana: too little coverage to readGermany: 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 readFiji: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 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 lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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 readAntigua & 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): 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessUK: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSlovakia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNiger: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMadagascar: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualLatvia: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFinland: warmth about twice its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 13 outletsHelsinki, Finland -- health: 151 stories, carried by 165 outletsIferouane, Niger -- conflict & violence: 78 stories, carried by 93 outletsBala Buluk, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsWright Square, US -- shelter & services: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsAthens, Greece -- rights & justice: 56 stories, carried by 58 outletsGrand Rapids, US -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 26 outletsBuenos Aires, Argentina -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 20 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

● Finland warmth about twice usual ● Niger warmth about one and a half times usual ● Antarctica warmth about one and a half times usual ● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual ● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual ● Papua New Guinea warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Mogadishu Somalia about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Helsinki Finland about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 151 stories ● Iferouane Niger about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 78 stories ● Bala Buluk Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Wright Square US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 13,659 stories · about as usual Health24% 12,074 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence20% 9,975 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents12% 5,949 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 4,204 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,795 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,558 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 995 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 killed18,674 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,386 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,003 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,573 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees783 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions508 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations498 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced306 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill32 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 →

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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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