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39,889 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Dakar (Senegal), people displaced in Simikot and arrests in Malaysia drew the news. Bosnia's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNepal 82 in 100 of its 447 stories, usually 26
RegionOceania 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Senegal

37 of its 76 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. 26 of Dakar's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Nepal

365 of its 447 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Simikot accounted for 224 of Nepal's 365 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories).

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Simikot stories →
Rights & justice

Malaysia

504 of its 1,589 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (361 stories). Tsunami was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Malaysia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

14 of its 24 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Sierra Leone

20 of its 37 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 7 of Freetown's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Chile

19 of Santiago's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

97 of its 176 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Minsk accounted for 89 of Belarus' 97 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. 84 of Minsk's 89 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Mauritania

46 of its 119 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Israel

800 of its 1,524 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Ireland

407 of its 1,509 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Food poisoning was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: measles in Brazil (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Venezuela (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Guam (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Kenya (27 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Jul. 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 39,889 stories about harm among 193,378 counted on 3 Jul.

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Senegal's news was 49% about people being harmed, against a usual 6%. of the day's 193,378 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Brazil's news mentioned measles more than ten times as often as usual. On 3 July 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nepal82 in 100 of its 447 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen81 in 100 of its 234 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Guatemala80 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 87 · mostly disasters & accidents Ecuador74 in 100 of its 140 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice Mali71 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US220 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1345 Jerusalem Israel134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 409 Adelaide Australia129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 367 Dublin Ireland93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 108 Gaza Palestine88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 199

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 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 lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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: 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 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 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 lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: 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 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: 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 lessMauritius: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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 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 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 lessIsrael: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDominican 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: 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 lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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 lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 lessUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSenegal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualNicaragua: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMauritania: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGuatemala: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCuba: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualDakar, Senegal -- rights & justice: 32 stories, carried by 29 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 16 outletsDublin, Ireland -- rights & justice: 108 stories, carried by 141 outletsLamu, Kenya -- health: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsFairview, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsLouth, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsLouisville, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 11 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 ● Guatemala warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cuba warmth about one and a half times usual ● Austria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sierra Leone warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Dakar Senegal about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 32 stories ● Khartoum Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Dublin Ireland about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 108 stories ● Lamu Kenya about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Fairview US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 12,102 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 7,715 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Health18% 7,185 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 5,236 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,621 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 1,799 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,635 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 726 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 killed11,317 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,161 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,395 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,147 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations896 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting abductions385 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced307 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill75 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 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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