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39,928 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Kampala (Uganda), violence in Santiago and abductions in Italy. Sri Lanka's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Congo →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostChile 58 in 100 of its 429 stories, usually 24
RegionSouth Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Uganda

199 of its 321 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Kampala accounted for 149 of Uganda's 199 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. 129 of Kampala's 149 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (52 stories). Landslides were named in 89 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Conflict & violence

Chile

249 of its 429 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Santiago accounted for 244 of Chile's 249 stories about harm, carried by 409 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Chile over 30 days → its stories → Santiago stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

812 of its 1,489 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (9 stories). Accidents were named in 226 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

110 of its 333 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Romania

89 of its 327 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 68 of Bucharest's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (63 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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Protests & strikes

China

876 of its 4,584 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 100 of Beijing's 173 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (57 stories). Chickenpox was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

71 of its 84 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Srebrenica accounted for 66 of Bosnia's 71 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

209 of its 281 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Morocco

55 of its 138 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 47 of Rabat's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Shelter & services

North Korea

74 of its 186 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half 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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Also named far more than usual: landslides in India (563 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatstroke in Colombia (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Palestine (83 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Libya (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Ireland (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 39,928 stories about harm among 188,488 counted on 17 Aug.

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People falling ill were reported at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Congo. of the day's 188,488 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Uganda's news mentioned landslides more than ten times as often as usual. Uganda's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. On 17 August 2017, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia85 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan80 in 100 of its 632 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan78 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar77 in 100 of its 222 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Iraq74 in 100 of its 281 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US236 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2050 Jerusalem Israel145 stories about protests or strikes, of its 264 Kampala Uganda129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 Ramallah Palestine124 stories about protests or strikes, of its 330 Beijing China100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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'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'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: 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'sSouth Korea: 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'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. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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'sBarbados: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sRomania: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFaroe Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Spain about three times as angry as the world's · 248 stories about harm ● Myanmar about three times as angry as the world's · 170 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 209 stories about harm ● Romania about twice as angry as the world's · 89 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 504 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 139 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 11,834 stories · about as usual Health23% 8,912 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents20% 7,867 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence15% 5,875 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,757 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,316 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,052 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 738 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 killed12,072 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,986 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,918 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,448 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting evacuations685 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees679 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people falling ill433 at about 5 times the usual rate · most about the US and Congo Stories reporting people displaced410 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions386 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 much softer 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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