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40,734 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Srebrenica, drownings in Guinea and protests in Kampala (Uganda) drew the news. Bosnia's coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBosnia 98 in 100 of its 91 stories, usually 11
RegionCentral Asia 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

89 of its 91 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Srebrenica accounted for 87 of Bosnia's 89 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Srebrenica stories →
Rights & justice

Guinea

80 of its 94 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (76 stories). Drownings were named in 76 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Guinea over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Uganda

174 of its 298 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kampala accounted for 140 of Uganda's 174 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. 117 of Kampala's 140 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (132 stories).

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

83 of its 268 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Power cuts were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Afghanistan

455 of its 570 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Kabul accounted for 229 of Afghanistan's 455 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

725 of its 1,688 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (335 stories). Dengue was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Azerbaijan

118 of its 232 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Portugal

64 of its 180 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

North Korea

99 of its 313 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 66 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

770 of its 2,123 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (502 stories). Poisoning was named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatstroke.

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Also named far more than usual: tuberculosis in North Korea (66 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Venezuela (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in South Africa (73 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Samoa (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drownings in Sudan (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 40,734 stories about harm among 209,967 counted on 11 Jul.

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Bosnia stood out: 98% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 11%. Mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual in Guinea's news. A year earlier, on 11 July 2017, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 209,967 stories, below the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia98 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 11 · mostly conflict & violence Guinea85 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 31 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan80 in 100 of its 570 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Tajikistan79 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 25 · mostly rights & justice Nicaragua78 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 82 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US230 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1130 Beijing China227 stories about protests or strikes, of its 505 Kampala Uganda117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 Munich Germany110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 295 Delhi India89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 503

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 lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: 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: 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 lessUnited Arab Emirates: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: 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 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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 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 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: 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: 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 lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: 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 lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: 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: 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 lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readBurundi: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern 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 lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readAzad 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readWallis & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGuinea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualChad: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualLong Island, UK -- disasters & accidents: 19 stories, carried by 19 outletsMecca, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsAsmara, Eritrea -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsAuckland, New Zealand -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 14 outletsCairo, Egypt -- conflict & violence: 72 stories, carried by 57 outletsGarryduff, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 14 stories, carried by 45 outletsGreat Barrier Reef, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsLake Chad, Nigeria -- disasters & accidents: 18 stories, carried by 14 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

● Hungary warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Guinea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Myanmar warmth about one and a half times usual ● Qatar warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Long Island UK about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 19 stories ● Mecca Saudi Arabia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Asmara Eritrea about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Auckland New Zealand about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 27 stories ● Cairo Egypt about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 72 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 11,627 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Disasters & accidents20% 8,052 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Health20% 8,020 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 5,927 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,158 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,762 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,467 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,013 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 killed11,004 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,326 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,618 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,863 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees693 at about half the usual rate · most about Italy and the US Stories reporting evacuations610 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people displaced443 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions236 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill102 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 about as 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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