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38,715 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Valencia (Venezuela), rights and justice in Dakar and a disaster in Bangkok. Venezuela's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCosta Rica 74 in 100 of its 98 stories, usually 15
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 57 in 100 of its stories, usually 42
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

373 of its 443 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Valencia accounted for 281 of Venezuela's 373 stories about harm, carried by 268 outlets. 266 of Valencia's 281 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Valencia stories →
Rights & justice

Senegal

96 of its 128 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Dakar accounted for 93 of Senegal's 96 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (68 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Disasters & accidents

Thailand

370 of its 706 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Bangkok accounted for 274 of Thailand's 370 stories about harm, carried by 225 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (236 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Bangkok stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

141 of its 188 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Nuba accounted for 107 of Sudan's 141 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Nuba stories →
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Protests & strikes

Israel

1,827 of its 2,773 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jerusalem accounted for 939 of Israel's 1,827 stories about harm, carried by 556 outlets. 749 of Jerusalem's 939 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (1,299 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

182 of its 202 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Rabaul accounted for 99 of Papua New Guinea's 182 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Volcanic eruption was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

500 of its 815 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (187 stories). Road crashes were named in 72 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

197 of its 246 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

105 of its 223 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Cyclone was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

780 of its 1,230 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (327 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: malaria in Trinidad & Tobago (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Puerto Rico (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Russia (201 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Papua New Guinea (35 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); road crashes in Türkiye (72 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 30 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 38,715 stories about harm among 173,541 counted on 30 Mar.

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In Trinidad & Tobago's news, mentions of the malaria ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 173,541 stories, as usual. It was the third day running that the news turned to Venezuela. In Venezuela, 84% of the news was about people being harmed, where 41% is usual. On 30 March 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Papua New Guinea90 in 100 of its 202 stories · usually 68 · mostly disasters & accidents Venezuela84 in 100 of its 443 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice Syria80 in 100 of its 1,630 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Libya80 in 100 of its 246 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan75 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel749 stories about protests or strikes, of its 939 Washington US445 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1508 Valencia Venezuela266 stories about protests or strikes, of its 281 Philadelphia US245 stories about protests or strikes, of its 424 Clark County US176 stories about protests or strikes, of its 210

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: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: 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 readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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 lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessIsrael: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: 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: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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 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 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: 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: 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 lessBelgium: 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 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 59 stories, carried by 36 outletsDapchi, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 22 outletsSiirt, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 46 stories, carried by 37 outletsBoise, US -- rights & justice: 34 stories, carried by 22 outletsClarke County, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsSwat, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 72 stories, carried by 102 outletsAung Hlaing, Myanmar -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsErbil, Iraq -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 84 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

● Senegal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Poland warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Abuja Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 59 stories ● Dapchi Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 32 stories ● Siirt Türkiye about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 46 stories ● Boise US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 34 stories ● Clarke County US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 11,763 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence25% 9,333 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Health21% 7,880 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 4,594 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,121 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 976 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 796 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 539 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 killed14,134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,239 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,658 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people affected3,791 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions802 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and Syria Stories reporting refugees743 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced199 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting evacuations173 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill36 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 harsher 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.