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25,149 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to power cuts in Indonesia, protests in Idlib (Syria) and people injured in Iraq. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 41 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostBelarus 87 in 100 of its 175 stories, usually 12
RegionSoutheast Asia 48 in 100 of its stories, usually 37
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

758 of its 894 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Balaroa accounted for 411 of Indonesia's 758 stories about harm, carried by 418 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories). Power cuts were named in 121 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Balaroa stories →
Protests & strikes

Syria

357 of its 421 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Idlib accounted for 177 of Syria's 357 stories about harm, carried by 192 outlets. 95 of Idlib's 177 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Idlib stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

230 of its 269 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (85 stories). Ebola was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Belarus

152 of its 175 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Minsk accounted for 147 of Belarus' 152 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Israel

671 of its 1,092 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (471 stories). Outbreaks were named in 104 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

83 of its 91 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Yatenga accounted for 77 of Burkina Faso's 83 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bosnia

15 of Banja's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

North Korea

231 of its 469 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Pyongyang accounted for 228 of North Korea's 231 stories about harm, carried by 290 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (178 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Congo

300 of its 328 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Gabon

23 of its 24 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 21 of Libreville's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Greece (62 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); typhoon in South Korea (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Bosnia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Peru (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Poland (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 Oct. 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 25,149 stories about harm among 114,989 counted on 6 Oct.

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Greece's news mentioned flooding about 7 times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 114,989 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 65% is usual. A year earlier, on 6 October 2017, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

DR Congo94 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 58 · mostly disasters & accidents El Salvador93 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 24 · mostly conflict & violence Congo91 in 100 of its 328 stories · usually 63 · mostly disasters & accidents Burkina Faso91 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Belarus87 in 100 of its 175 stories · usually 12 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US2088 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2510 Chicago US293 stories about protests or strikes, of its 571 Jerusalem Israel129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 266 Idlib Syria95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177 Pyongyang North Korea88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSlovakia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualGabon: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNauru: warmth about its own usualTripoli, Libya -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsOslo, Norway -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsPenobscot County, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 19 outletsInverness, UK -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 148 outletsSinjar, Iraq -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 23 outletsPennsylvania, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 20 outletsBahia, Brazil -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsTorquay, UK -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 97 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Libya warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belarus warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ukraine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cameroon warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual ● Malaysia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Tripoli Libya about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Oslo Norway about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Penobscot County US about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Inverness UK about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Sinjar Iraq about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice41% 10,113 stories · much more than usual (usually 28%) Health18% 4,579 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 3,631 stories · much less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence14% 3,550 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,275 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 664 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 649 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 361 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 killed7,049 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,773 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured2,452 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people affected2,369 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting abductions312 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced287 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees268 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nauru Stories reporting evacuations130 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about Congo and the US Stories reporting people falling ill26 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little less than 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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