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41,777 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Caracas (Venezuela), rights and justice in Bivol and building collapse in Bahrain. Venezuela's coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBulgaria 67 in 100 of its 699 stories, usually 26
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

456 of its 582 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Caracas accounted for 418 of Venezuela's 456 stories about harm, carried by 315 outlets. 281 of Caracas' 418 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (359 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Rights & justice

Bulgaria

471 of its 699 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Bivol accounted for 296 of Bulgaria's 471 stories about harm, carried by 354 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (304 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Bahrain

103 of its 176 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Manama accounted for 90 of Bahrain's 103 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Building collapse was named in 84 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Bahrain over 30 days → its stories → Manama stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Haiti

240 of its 263 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Port-de-Paix accounted for 129 of Haiti's 240 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (221 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

El Salvador

40 of its 62 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

361 of its 481 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Türkiye

503 of its 1,066 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 198 of Istanbul's 293 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Netherlands

218 of its 700 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (147 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

437 of its 549 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Indonesia (157 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Oman (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in El Salvador (10 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); tropical storm in Panama (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Australia (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 21 the day before
27 in 10017 in 10010 Sep17 Sep24 Sep1 Oct9 Oct10 Sep: 22 in 10011 Sep: 23 in 10012 Sep: 23 in 10013 Sep: 22 in 10014 Sep: 24 in 10015 Sep: 27 in 10016 Sep: 26 in 10017 Sep: 21 in 10018 Sep: 20 in 10019 Sep: 20 in 10020 Sep: 20 in 10021 Sep: 20 in 10022 Sep: 23 in 10023 Sep: 22 in 10024 Sep: 20 in 10025 Sep: 19 in 10026 Sep: 18 in 10027 Sep: 17 in 10028 Sep: 19 in 10029 Sep: 22 in 10030 Sep: 21 in 1001 Oct: 19 in 1002 Oct: 19 in 1003 Oct: 19 in 1004 Oct: 19 in 1005 Oct: 20 in 1006 Oct: 22 in 1007 Oct: 23 in 1008 Oct: 21 in 1009 Oct: 21 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 41,777 stories about harm among 201,082 counted on 9 Oct.

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Bahrain's news mentioned building collapse more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 201,082 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Venezuela, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 39% is usual. On 9 October 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti91 in 100 of its 263 stories · usually 57 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen86 in 100 of its 243 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Syria80 in 100 of its 549 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela78 in 100 of its 582 stories · usually 39 · mostly rights & justice Algeria76 in 100 of its 156 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US767 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1977 Wakulla US317 stories about protests or strikes, of its 676 Caracas Venezuela281 stories about protests or strikes, of its 418 Riyadh Saudi Arabia229 stories about protests or strikes, of its 391 Jerusalem Israel214 stories about protests or strikes, of its 372

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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 lessUkraine: too little coverage to readUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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 readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: 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 lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: 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 lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 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 lessIraq: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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 lessEthiopia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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 lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: 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 lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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 lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualChad: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualBarbados: warmth about its own usualRupa, India -- health: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsDaviess County, US -- disasters & accidents: 45 stories, carried by 42 outletsOld Fort, Canada -- displacement: 13 stories, carried by 42 outletsRocky Mountain, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 25 outletsSao Paulo, Brazil -- rights & justice: 55 stories, carried by 57 outletsEaster Ross, UK -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 61 outletsSinjar, Iraq -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 21 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 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

● Brazil warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tanzania warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Rupa India about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Daviess County US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 45 stories ● Old Fort Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 13 stories ● Rocky Mountain US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Sao Paulo Brazil about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 55 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 12,427 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents26% 10,491 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Health19% 7,822 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 4,845 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,245 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,236 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,212 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 834 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 killed12,123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,629 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,484 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,656 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,503 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting refugees599 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced466 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions317 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill103 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 softer 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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