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44,587 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Sarajevo (Bosnia), the covid in Finland and people killed in Botswana drew the news. Bosnia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the United Arab Emirates →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCyprus 68 in 100 of its 177 stories, usually 9
RegionEast Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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

Bosnia

52 of its 59 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Sarajevo accounted for 43 of Bosnia's 52 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. 28 of Sarajevo's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Sarajevo stories →
Health

Finland

229 of its 356 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Covid was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with ebola. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Finland over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Botswana

172 of its 259 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (162 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Botswana over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

1,410 of its 2,905 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (685 stories). Building collapse was named in 217 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Iraq

307 of its 409 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. 133 of Baghdad's 156 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (221 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Mauritania

21 of its 31 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. 6 of Nouakchott's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Eritrea

80 of its 150 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Assab accounted for 73 of Eritrea's 80 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (65 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Czechia

143 of its 342 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

591 of its 903 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 176 of Unrwa's 220 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (225 stories).

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Rights & justice

Myanmar

194 of its 223 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Yangon accounted for 149 of Myanmar's 194 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (164 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Bermuda (118 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Puerto Rico (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Greece (47 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in Ethiopia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in France (22 of its stories, more than ten 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 5 Sep. 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 44,587 stories about harm among 215,840 counted on 5 Sep.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the United Arab Emirates. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 215,840 stories, as usual. Mentions of the hurricane ran about 6 times their usual in Bermuda's news. On 5 September 2017, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 21 today. Bosnia stood out: 88% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 56%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi94 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice Bosnia88 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar87 in 100 of its 223 stories · usually 73 · mostly rights & justice Mali86 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua81 in 100 of its 212 stories · usually 76 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US832 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2066 Missoula US187 stories about protests or strikes, of its 200 Jerusalem Israel184 stories about protests or strikes, of its 337 Chicago US183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 402 Unrwa Palestine176 stories about protests or strikes, of its 220

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'sVanuatu: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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: too little coverage to readNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: 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'sLesotho: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCôte 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 readChina: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai 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: too little coverage to readChagos 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 readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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 angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSuriname: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sOman: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMauritania: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMali: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEstonia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half 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 fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMontserrat: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJersey: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNauru: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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

● Belgium about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 55 stories about harm ● Denmark about three times as fearful as the world's · 154 stories about harm ● Nicaragua about twice as warm as the world's · 171 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 437 stories about harm ● Mali about three times as fearful as the world's · 161 stories about harm ● Finland about twice as warm as the world's · 229 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 12,388 stories · about as usual Health24% 10,397 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents20% 8,687 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 6,204 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,045 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,659 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,442 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,126 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 killed10,745 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people affected6,092 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,333 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,288 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,090 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and Syria Stories reporting evacuations702 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced440 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill398 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and the United Arab Emirates Stories reporting abductions357 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
● Griefa little less than 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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