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38,389 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Phnom Penh (Cambodia), violence in Khartoum and deaths in Sofia drew the news. Puerto Rico's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPuerto Rico 91 in 100 of its 534 stories, usually 44
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Cambodia

193 of its 313 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Phnom Penh accounted for 145 of Cambodia's 193 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. 130 of Phnom Penh's 145 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Phnom Penh stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

203 of its 283 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Khartoum accounted for 173 of Sudan's 203 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (138 stories). Road crashes were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Bulgaria

71 of its 151 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Sofia accounted for 64 of Bulgaria's 71 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bulgaria over 30 days → its stories → Sofia stories →
Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

487 of its 534 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Puerto Rico over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

126 of its 130 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Ouagadougou accounted for 119 of Burkina Faso's 126 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (125 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

Germany

808 of its 1,905 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 414 of Chemnitz's 434 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (409 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bosnia

61 of its 92 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Sarajevo accounted for 53 of Bosnia's 61 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. 51 of Sarajevo's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Displacement

Hungary

95 of its 196 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Peru

67 of its 142 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Malaria was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with measles.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

130 of its 161 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Somalia (34 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); measles in Brazil (33 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); malaria in Peru (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Iran (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in France (27 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 38,389 stories about harm among 200,923 counted on 28 Aug.

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Somalia's news mentioned the drought about 10 times as often as usual. On 28 August 2017, a year earlier, the share was 28 in every 100, against 19 today. of the day's 200,923 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Cambodia stood out: 62% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 51%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso97 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Puerto Rico91 in 100 of its 534 stories · usually 44 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen89 in 100 of its 540 stories · usually 82 · mostly rights & justice Libya81 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar76 in 100 of its 217 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chemnitz Germany414 stories about protests or strikes, of its 434 Ramallah Palestine227 stories about protests or strikes, of its 448 Chicago US214 stories about protests or strikes, of its 813 Washington US169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1971 Pune India155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 189

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'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: feelings about like the world'sPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readMoldova: 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'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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 readJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: 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 readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: 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'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBelarus: 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'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 readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNauru: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Puerto Rico about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 487 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as warm as the world's · 203 stories about harm ● Bulgaria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 160 stories about harm ● Bosnia about three times as angry as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 483 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 11,963 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Health22% 8,439 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents16% 6,202 stories · much less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence16% 5,924 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,184 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,162 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,072 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 887 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 killed10,930 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,658 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,830 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured2,544 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting refugees820 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Germany and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced555 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions365 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations243 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill52 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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