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41,403 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Mbabane (Eswatini), drownings in Iran and building collapse in Mexico. Iran's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostParaguay 90 in 100 of its 58 stories, usually 19
RegionCentral Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
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

Eswatini

36 of its 47 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 17 of Mbabane's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). HIV was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with drought.

Eswatini over 30 days → its stories → Mbabane stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

311 of its 713 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (75 stories). Drownings were named in 67 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

307 of its 1,018 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Building collapse was named in 62 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Paraguay

52 of its 58 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Asuncion accounted for 49 of Paraguay's 52 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Paraguay over 30 days → its stories → Asuncion stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

214 of its 246 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Nyal accounted for 119 of South Sudan's 214 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (129 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Romania

79 of its 352 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 59 of Bucharest's 69 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (56 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Ecuador

57 of its 81 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

130 of its 174 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 69 of Oromo's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories).

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Rights & justice

Malaysia

338 of its 1,163 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (231 stories). Poisoning was named in 95 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Health

Madagascar

11 of its 21 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Ireland (219 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Malaysia (95 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in Greenland (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in UK (297 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Philippines (61 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 41,403 stories about harm among 209,293 counted on 19 Sep.

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Eswatini's news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 27%. On 19 September 2017, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 20 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 209,293 stories, below the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Paraguay90 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 19 · mostly rights & justice South Sudan87 in 100 of its 246 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Niger83 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen83 in 100 of its 343 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar79 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 76 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Idlib Syria146 stories about protests or strikes, of its 333 Washington US140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1301 Salt Lake City US131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 449 Kampala Uganda115 stories about protests or strikes, of its 231 Gaza Palestine102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: 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'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: 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: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: 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'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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'sGeorgia: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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'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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sParaguay: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 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 about three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMaldives: 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

● South Sudan about 4 times as angry as the world's · 214 stories about harm ● Ukraine about three times as angry as the world's · 132 stories about harm ● France about twice as fearful as the world's · 228 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 311 stories about harm ● Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 179 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 11,589 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents24% 9,879 stories · about as usual Health21% 8,659 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 4,872 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,180 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,549 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,269 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 829 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 killed12,276 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,634 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,877 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,754 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees945 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions850 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced835 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and South Sudan Stories reporting evacuations764 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill147 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
● 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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