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44,942 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Bogota (Colombia), a disaster in Monchique and violence in Skopje. Peru's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Colombia →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPortugal 80 in 100 of its 481 stories, usually 28
RegionSoutheast Asia 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

244 of its 339 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Bogota accounted for 190 of Colombia's 244 stories about harm, carried by 213 outlets. 172 of Bogota's 190 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (142 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Disasters & accidents

Portugal

383 of its 481 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Monchique accounted for 242 of Portugal's 383 stories about harm, carried by 229 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (211 stories). Heatstroke was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with food poisoning.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories → Monchique stories →
Conflict & violence

North Macedonia

65 of its 86 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 5%. Skopje accounted for 56 of North Macedonia's 65 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

North Macedonia over 30 days → its stories → Skopje stories →
Health

Peru

114 of its 206 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Poisoning was named in 84 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Zimbabwe

458 of its 899 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Harare accounted for 376 of Zimbabwe's 458 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. 285 of Harare's 376 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Côte d’Ivoire

101 of its 154 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Abidjan accounted for 95 of Côte d’Ivoire's 101 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

341 of its 590 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 197 of Dhaka's 243 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

1,049 of its 1,626 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (111 stories). Rabies was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Rwanda

40 of its 78 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Ebola was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Venezuela

230 of its 369 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Measles was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with hepatitis. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Rwanda (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in Albania (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (79 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in Thailand (31 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tuberculosis in North Korea (25 of its stories, about 4 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 7 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 44,942 stories about harm among 209,302 counted on 7 Aug.

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Peru's news mentioned poisoning more than ten times as often as usual. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Colombia. In Colombia, 72% of the news was about people being harmed, where 45% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 209,302 stories, above the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo84 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 66 · mostly health Portugal80 in 100 of its 481 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen79 in 100 of its 211 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence North Macedonia76 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 5 · mostly conflict & violence Syria74 in 100 of its 426 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chicago US394 stories about protests or strikes, of its 968 Riyadh Saudi Arabia391 stories about protests or strikes, of its 426 Harare Zimbabwe285 stories about protests or strikes, of its 376 Dhaka Bangladesh197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243 Hollywood US188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 613

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSri 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 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: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão 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 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: 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 readPakistan: 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 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: 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 lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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 lessLebanon: 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 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 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 lessIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: 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 lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: 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: 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 lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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 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 readChina: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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): 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualU.S. Virgin Islands: warmth about its own usualTajikistan: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualLatvia: warmth about its own usualLaos: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCôte d’Ivoire: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKhartoum, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 33 stories, carried by 38 outletsFrankfurt, Germany -- displacement: 234 stories, carried by 310 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 19 outletsWacken, Germany -- other: 31 stories, carried by 36 outletsBoali, Central African Republic -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 18 outletsMankato, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 17 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 190 stories, carried by 213 outletsOromo, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 17 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

● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual ● Central African Republic warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Khartoum Sudan about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 33 stories ● Frankfurt Germany about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 234 stories ● Juba South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Wacken Germany about twice as warm as the day's news · other · 31 stories ● Boali Central African Republic about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 26 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 12,863 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents24% 10,755 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Health21% 9,125 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 5,478 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,253 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,654 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,149 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 932 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 killed15,242 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,027 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected6,619 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,313 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,779 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people displaced1,039 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Colombia Stories reporting refugees535 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions454 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill108 at about the usual rate

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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