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36,184 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Harare (Zimbabwe), violence in Hodeida and people displaced in Uganda. Yemen's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPortugal 54 in 100 of its 420 stories, usually 13
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

1,208 of its 1,929 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Harare accounted for 1,050 of Zimbabwe's 1,208 stories about harm, carried by 790 outlets. 857 of Harare's 1,050 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (435 stories). Landslides were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories → Harare stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

308 of its 350 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Hodeida accounted for 173 of Yemen's 308 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (153 stories). Cholera was named in 133 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with diphtheria. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Hodeida stories →
Health

Uganda

141 of its 242 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Ebola was named in 83 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Portugal

228 of its 420 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

460 of its 518 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Kabul accounted for 276 of Afghanistan's 460 stories about harm, carried by 299 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

208 of its 400 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Dhaka accounted for 157 of Bangladesh's 208 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. 134 of Dhaka's 157 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

North Korea

285 of its 613 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Pyongyang accounted for 250 of North Korea's 285 stories about harm, carried by 444 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (172 stories).

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Health

Sweden

181 of its 450 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (74 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Kyrgyzstan

52 of its 75 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Avalanche was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

175 of its 422 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Armenia (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in New Zealand (129 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Rwanda (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Kyrgyzstan (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Venezuela (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Aug. 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 36,184 stories about harm among 196,933 counted on 3 Aug.

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In Uganda's news, mentions of Ebola ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 196,933 stories, below the usual 20. It was the second day running that the news turned to Zimbabwe. In Zimbabwe, 63% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is usual. On 3 August 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan89 in 100 of its 518 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen88 in 100 of its 350 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua80 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 87 · mostly rights & justice Syria77 in 100 of its 525 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia76 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Harare Zimbabwe857 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1050 Washington US227 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1310 Dhaka Bangladesh134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 157 Jerusalem Israel113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 200 Beijing China106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 296

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGabon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 147 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 146 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 460 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as angry as the world's · 115 stories about harm ● Zimbabwe about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 1,208 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 308 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 10,632 stories · about as usual Health20% 7,072 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 7,028 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 6,247 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,748 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,012 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,000 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 850 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 killed11,590 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,846 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,907 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured2,999 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations583 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions487 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees482 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting people displaced382 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill83 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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