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39,124 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to the earthquake in Iran, a disaster in Athens and protests in Managua (Nicaragua). Nicaragua's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostGreece 78 in 100 of its 1,459 stories, usually 32
RegionCentral Asia 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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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Conflict & violence

Iran

655 of its 1,229 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 563 of Iran's 655 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (210 stories). Earthquake was named in 83 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flu and hurricane. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

1,141 of its 1,459 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Athens accounted for 1,025 of Greece's 1,141 stories about harm, carried by 816 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (723 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

Managua accounted for 81 of Nicaragua's 103 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. 74 of Managua's 81 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Pakistan

1,607 of its 2,780 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (13 stories). Plane crash was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Romania

76 of its 399 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (66 stories). Drownings were named in 63 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Laos

740 of its 780 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Tropical storm was named in 58 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kyrgyzstan

55 of its 76 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Drownings were named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

North Korea

152 of its 440 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (84 stories). Poisoning was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

South Korea

233 of its 678 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Heatstroke was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Romania (63 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drownings in Kyrgyzstan (37 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); rabies in China (139 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in Latvia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Namibia (14 of its stories, about 6 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 25 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 39,124 stories about harm among 208,396 counted on 25 Jul.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 208,396 stories, below the usual 20. Mentions of drownings ran about 8 times their usual in Romania's news. In Iran, 53% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual. A year earlier, on 25 July 2017, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Laos95 in 100 of its 780 stories · usually 59 · mostly disasters & accidents Nicaragua87 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 85 · mostly rights & justice Syria80 in 100 of its 1,085 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Greece78 in 100 of its 1,459 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo78 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 55 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran237 stories about protests or strikes, of its 563 Islamabad Pakistan230 stories about protests or strikes, of its 447 Washington US215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1063 Mumbai India152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 267 Los Angeles US139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 667

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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 lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 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 lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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 lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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: too little coverage to readChile: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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 readUganda: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualDjibouti: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualSunnybrook, Canada -- health: 26 stories, carried by 24 outletsNassau, Bahamas -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsAuckland, New Zealand -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 11 outletsScampton, UK -- disasters & accidents: 30 stories, carried by 128 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 16 outletsOrange Beach, US -- shelter & services: 16 stories, carried by 46 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 21 outletsWherstead, UK -- displacement: 22 stories, carried by 76 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

● Sunnybrook Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 26 stories ● Nassau Bahamas about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Auckland New Zealand about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Scampton UK about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 30 stories ● Jammu Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 10,031 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Health23% 8,901 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents21% 8,041 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 6,627 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,791 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,402 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 955 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 681 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 killed12,752 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,787 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,072 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,080 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations937 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees562 at about half the usual rate · most about Palestine and the US Stories reporting abductions432 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced429 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill84 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 →

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.