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25,631 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Surabaya, protests in Lisbon (Portugal) and drownings in Pakistan. Indonesia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about France and Indonesia → Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada → Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Austria →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 92 in 100 of its 1,792 stories, usually 33
RegionSoutheast Asia 56 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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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Conflict & violence

Indonesia

1,645 of its 1,792 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Surabaya accounted for 782 of Indonesia's 1,645 stories about harm, carried by 852 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,455 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Surabaya stories →
Protests & strikes

Portugal

139 of its 329 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 75 of Lisbon's 125 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories → Lisbon stories →
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

598 of its 1,246 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (155 stories). Drownings were named in 94 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, storms and flooding.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Sudan

55 of its 85 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

France

1,869 of its 2,822 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Paris accounted for 1,767 of France's 1,869 stories about harm, carried by 1,499 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,681 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

204 of its 497 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 85 of Cairo's 162 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

129 of its 139 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Masaya accounted for 117 of Nicaragua's 129 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. 113 of Masaya's 117 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Burundi

61 of its 72 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Cibitoke accounted for 50 of Burundi's 61 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

61 of its 77 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. 49 of Yangon's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Cambodia

115 of its 126 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Gambia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Iraq (51 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Thailand (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Ghana (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hypothermia in Nepal (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 May. 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 25,631 stories about harm among 105,196 counted on 13 May.

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People injured were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about France and Indonesia. In Indonesia, 92% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 105,196 stories, above the usual 21. A year earlier, on 13 May 2017, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. This week the news turned most often to North Korea, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua93 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 79 · mostly rights & justice Indonesia92 in 100 of its 1,792 stories · usually 33 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia91 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Congo89 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 65 · mostly health Burundi85 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel648 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1079 Jakarta Indonesia409 stories about protests or strikes, of its 764 Surabaya Indonesia336 stories about protests or strikes, of its 782 Washington US133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 636 Masaya Nicaragua113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 117

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 Arab Emirates: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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 lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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 lessIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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 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 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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 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 lessAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readJammu & 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 lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUK: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualVermont, US -- health: 67 stories, carried by 82 outletsMontana, US -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsLa Loche, Canada -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 14 stories, carried by 35 outletsLisbon, Portugal -- rights & justice: 125 stories, carried by 272 outletsDoha, Qatar -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 12 outletsWindrush, UK -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsPalais, France -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 23 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- rights & justice: 58 stories, carried by 55 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Vermont US about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 67 stories ● Montana US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● La Loche Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 14 stories ● Lisbon Portugal about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 125 stories ● Doha Qatar about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence30% 7,553 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Rights & justice26% 6,614 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Disasters & accidents17% 4,320 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Health15% 3,710 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,456 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 619 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 520 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 511 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 killed10,062 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people injured6,045 at about three times the usual rate · most about France and Indonesia Stories reporting arrests3,597 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,734 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations762 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions469 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting refugees300 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill211 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Austria Stories reporting people displaced205 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 one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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.