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35,927 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The earthquake in Nepal, protests in Managua (Nicaragua) and illness in Bucharest drew the news. Nepal's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNepal 81 in 100 of its 523 stories, usually 36
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
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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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

426 of its 523 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kathmandu accounted for 256 of Nepal's 426 stories about harm, carried by 292 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (402 stories). Earthquake was named in 191 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with avalanche and storms. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

134 of its 142 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Managua accounted for 92 of Nicaragua's 134 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. 90 of Managua's 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories → Managua stories →
Health

Romania

261 of its 367 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Bucharest accounted for 246 of Romania's 261 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

749 of its 892 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Quneitra accounted for 366 of Syria's 749 stories about harm, carried by 380 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Quneitra stories →
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Disasters & accidents

France

787 of its 1,943 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Hurricane was named in 67 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Panama

267 of its 381 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Panama City accounted for 261 of Panama's 267 stories about harm, carried by 229 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (77 stories). Road crashes were named in 157 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Health

Italy

178 of its 927 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (72 stories). Malaria was named in 68 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Cuba

109 of its 171 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (95 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Chile

69 of its 157 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Gambia

110 of its 274 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. HIV was named in 89 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: bird flu in Czechia (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Gambia (89 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Panama (157 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); plague in Honduras (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Italy (68 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 24 the day before
26 in 10017 in 10016 Sep23 Sep30 Sep7 Oct15 Oct16 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 10010 Oct: 21 in 10011 Oct: 22 in 10012 Oct: 21 in 10013 Oct: 23 in 10014 Oct: 24 in 10015 Oct: 20 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 35,927 stories about harm among 182,625 counted on 15 Oct.

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The Czechia's news mentioned bird flu more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 182,625 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. In Nepal, 81% of the news was about people being harmed, where 36% is usual. On 15 October 2017, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua94 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Somalia88 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Syria84 in 100 of its 892 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal81 in 100 of its 523 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo76 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 73 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

San Francisco US206 stories about protests or strikes, of its 457 Riyadh Saudi Arabia185 stories about protests or strikes, of its 502 Jerusalem Israel166 stories about protests or strikes, of its 281 Berlin Germany137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 210 Washington US134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1863

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: 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'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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sZambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTonga: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more fearful 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 fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than 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 a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDominica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNauru: coverage a little warmer 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

● Gambia about three times as angry as the world's · 110 stories about harm ● Congo about twice as fearful as the world's · 65 stories about harm ● Morocco few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Chile about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 129 stories about harm ● Nepal about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 426 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 9,630 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 7,736 stories · about as usual Health21% 7,309 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 4,642 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,260 stories · about as usual Shelter & services6% 2,102 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Displacement2% 822 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 798 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 killed10,601 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,239 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,233 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured2,208 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting evacuations597 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees500 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions414 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced275 at about half the usual rate · most about Iraq and the US Stories reporting people falling ill9 at less than a quarter of 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 →

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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
● 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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