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22,570 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to rights and justice in Kampala, deaths in Krusevo and protests in Berne (Switzerland). Uganda's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Indonesia and Israel →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostFiji 72 in 100 of its 354 stories, usually 16
RegionSouth Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Rights & justice

Uganda

178 of its 257 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kampala accounted for 149 of Uganda's 178 stories about harm, carried by 151 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

North Macedonia

33 of its 47 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Krusevo accounted for 29 of North Macedonia's 33 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

North Macedonia over 30 days → its stories → Krusevo stories →
Protests & strikes

Switzerland

195 of its 367 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 84 of Berne's 100 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (153 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Switzerland over 30 days → its stories → Berne stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

835 of its 1,195 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (450 stories). Storm surge was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Romania

118 of its 351 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 113 of Bucharest's 113 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (114 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Israel

927 of its 1,413 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Jerusalem accounted for 566 of Israel's 927 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ghana

161 of its 630 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (96 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 63 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

France

196 of its 765 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (137 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 109 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Fiji

256 of its 354 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Tsunami was named in 231 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Egypt

327 of its 523 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Egyptair accounted for 296 of Egypt's 327 stories about harm, carried by 226 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Fiji (231 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bridge collapse in France (109 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Ghana (63 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drought in Argentina (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (93 of its stories, about 4 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 19 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 22,570 stories about harm among 96,579 counted on 19 Aug.

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People displaced were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Indonesia and Israel. 23 in every 100 of the day's 96,579 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. In Fiji's news, mentions of the tsunami ran more than ten times their usual. Uganda stood out: 69% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. On 19 August 2017, a year earlier, the share was 28 in every 100, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen79 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Fiji72 in 100 of its 354 stories · usually 16 · mostly disasters & accidents Indonesia70 in 100 of its 1,195 stories · usually 56 · mostly disasters & accidents Uganda69 in 100 of its 257 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 468 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel262 stories about protests or strikes, of its 566 Washington US186 stories about protests or strikes, of its 666 Bucharest Romania113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113 Berne Switzerland84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 100 Seattle US81 stories about protests or strikes, of its 100

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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'sPuerto Rico: 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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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'sSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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 readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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'sAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUganda: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRomania: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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

● Uganda about three times as angry as the world's · 178 stories about harm ● Switzerland about twice as warm as the world's · 195 stories about harm ● France about three times as fearful as the world's · 196 stories about harm ● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Romania about three times as angry as the world's · 118 stories about harm ● Mexico about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 91 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents30% 6,762 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Rights & justice28% 6,141 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 3,476 stories · about as usual Health14% 3,051 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,108 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 831 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 580 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 379 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 killed8,035 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected3,315 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests2,540 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,498 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Saudi Arabia Stories reporting people displaced731 at about three times the usual rate · most about Indonesia and Israel Stories reporting evacuations700 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees294 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions152 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill19 at about a third 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 harsher 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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