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28,166 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Bucharest (Romania), landslides in Mali and a disaster in Tirana. Romania's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostAlbania 91 in 100 of its 216 stories, usually 31
RegionSoutheast Asia 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
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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Protests & strikes

Romania

334 of its 599 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Bucharest accounted for 318 of Romania's 334 stories about harm, carried by 319 outlets. 317 of Bucharest's 318 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

141 of its 157 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Bamako accounted for 107 of Mali's 141 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (86 stories). Landslides were named in 36 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.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Bamako stories →
Disasters & accidents

Albania

196 of its 216 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tirana accounted for 150 of Albania's 196 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Health

Congo

156 of its 177 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (123 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Jordan

227 of its 320 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Amman accounted for 214 of Jordan's 227 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

602 of its 867 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (32 stories). Outbreaks were named in 85 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

240 of its 530 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 109 of Harare's 171 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (51 stories). Road crashes were named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

664 of its 997 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 208 of Jerusalem's 321 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

149 of its 325 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sweden

72 of its 180 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 15 of Stockholm's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (49 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Cuba (24 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); ebola in Rwanda (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Zimbabwe (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Italy (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (32 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 28,166 stories about harm among 119,320 counted on 11 Aug.

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It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 13 May 2018. In Romania, 56% of the news was about people being harmed, where 10% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 119,320 stories, above the usual 20. Mentions of road crashes ran about 8 times their usual in Cuba's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Albania91 in 100 of its 216 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents Mali90 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Congo88 in 100 of its 177 stories · usually 69 · mostly health Nicaragua86 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 87 · mostly rights & justice Yemen84 in 100 of its 181 stories · usually 81 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Charlottesville US1144 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1259 Bucharest Romania317 stories about protests or strikes, of its 318 Jerusalem Israel208 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321 San Francisco US199 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1158 Hebron Palestine146 stories about protests or strikes, of its 249

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: 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 lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 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: 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: 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 lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: 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 lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSierra 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 lessQatar: 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 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: 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 readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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: too little coverage to readIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: too little coverage to readHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: 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 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 readAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 readUzbekistan: warmth about its own usualTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualLake Chad, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 58 stories, carried by 55 outletsPanama City, Panama -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsIllinois, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsState of Wisconsin, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsJaipur, India -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsDeoria, India -- other: 35 stories, carried by 27 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

● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Lake Chad Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 58 stories ● Panama City Panama about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Illinois US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 11 stories ● State of Wisconsin US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Khartoum Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 9,362 stories · much more than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents19% 5,382 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Health19% 5,163 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 4,787 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,508 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 664 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 583 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 311 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 killed9,010 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,802 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,443 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people affected2,941 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations963 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Romania Stories reporting people displaced542 at about twice the usual rate · most about Indonesia and Congo Stories reporting abductions441 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Mali Stories reporting refugees397 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill37 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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.