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22,696 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at the tsunami in Indonesia, protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh) and violence in Caracas. Bangladesh's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostSwitzerland 77 in 100 of its 664 stories, usually 16
RegionSoutheast Asia 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

1,146 of its 1,470 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Bali accounted for 837 of Indonesia's 1,146 stories about harm, carried by 1,107 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Tsunami was named in 998 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Bangladesh

392 of its 667 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Dhaka accounted for 318 of Bangladesh's 392 stories about harm, carried by 238 outlets. 301 of Dhaka's 318 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (159 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Conflict & violence

Venezuela

1,196 of its 1,601 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Caracas accounted for 1,020 of Venezuela's 1,196 stories about harm, carried by 819 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (823 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Health

Rwanda

56 of its 74 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Ebola was named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Switzerland

512 of its 664 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 138 of Flims' 266 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (495 stories). Plane crash was named in 121 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

201 of its 226 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Mogadishu accounted for 184 of Somalia's 201 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (171 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

120 of its 146 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Hodeida accounted for 87 of Yemen's 120 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Spain

155 of its 568 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Wildfires were named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with drought. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Croatia

111 of its 202 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 4%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

239 of its 377 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Nepal (41 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Spain (50 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Australia (132 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Switzerland (121 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in Canada (79 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 22,696 stories about harm among 100,175 counted on 5 Aug.

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Indonesia's news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%. In Indonesia's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 100,175 stories, above the usual 20. A year earlier, on 5 August 2017, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. This week the news turned most often to Portugal, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia89 in 100 of its 226 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan88 in 100 of its 589 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Congo82 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 65 · mostly health Yemen82 in 100 of its 146 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia78 in 100 of its 1,470 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dhaka Bangladesh301 stories about protests or strikes, of its 318 Portland US301 stories about protests or strikes, of its 316 Caracas Venezuela267 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1020 Flims Switzerland138 stories about protests or strikes, of its 266 Tehran Iran119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 222

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: 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'sEcuador: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: 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'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sTürkiye: 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'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSomalia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCroatia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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

● Somalia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 201 stories about harm ● Croatia about three times as angry as the world's · 111 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 520 stories about harm ● Indonesia about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,146 stories about harm ● Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as angry as the world's · 392 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 5,664 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents25% 5,538 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence21% 4,777 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Health14% 3,201 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,658 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 587 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 550 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 400 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 killed9,232 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people injured3,528 at about twice the usual rate · most about Venezuela and the US Stories reporting arrests2,893 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,763 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations446 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced375 at about twice the usual rate · most about Sudan and Syria Stories reporting abductions349 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees289 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about a third of 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 →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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