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28,225 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Khartoum (Sudan), violence in Cairo and rights and justice in Gorazde. Bosnia's coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostEgypt 73 in 100 of its 607 stories, usually 27
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 47 in 100 of its stories, usually 40
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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Protests & strikes

Sudan

190 of its 243 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Khartoum accounted for 164 of Sudan's 190 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. 158 of Khartoum's 164 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

446 of its 607 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Cairo accounted for 379 of Egypt's 446 stories about harm, carried by 406 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (315 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Rights & justice

Bosnia

46 of its 53 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Gorazde accounted for 40 of Bosnia's 46 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Gorazde stories →
Disasters & accidents

Iceland

104 of its 127 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (25 stories). Road crashes were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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

Israel

722 of its 1,525 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (57 stories). Heavy rain was named in 67 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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Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

49 of its 50 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

520 of its 680 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. the Sunda Strait accounted for 296 of Indonesia's 520 stories about harm, carried by 279 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (108 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

220 of its 510 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 115 of Dhaka's 145 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Guatemala

Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Flu was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten 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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Health

UK

Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Hypothermia was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold, heatwave and power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Rwanda (24 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); house fires in Mexico (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in France (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Yemen (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Israel (67 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 Dec. 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 28,225 stories about harm among 144,946 counted on 28 Dec.

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In Rwanda's news, mentions of Ebola ran about 8 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 144,946 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 28 December 2017, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. In Sudan, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 67% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso98 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Bosnia87 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Congo83 in 100 of its 494 stories · usually 68 · mostly health Iceland82 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 23 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan78 in 100 of its 243 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Khartoum Sudan158 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164 Washington US152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1304 Dhaka Bangladesh115 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145 Manhattan US78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 851 Xinjiang China77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 79

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: 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: 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 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 lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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 readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: 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 lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 lessPalestine: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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 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: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 lessDR 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 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 lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualCosta Rica: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMa Jian, China -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 68 outletsBrasilia, Brazil -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 19 outletsVista Verde, US -- disasters & accidents: 34 stories, carried by 36 outletsSeattle, US -- health: 132 stories, carried by 154 outletsYorkshire, UK -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsOuagadougou, Burkina Faso -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 31 outletsBuhari, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsGolfito, Costa Rica -- rights & justice: 15 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

Warmest events

● Ma Jian China about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Brasilia Brazil about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Vista Verde US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 34 stories ● Seattle US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 132 stories ● Yorkshire UK about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 7,098 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Disasters & accidents23% 6,449 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Health20% 5,467 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 4,516 stories · about as usual Shelter & services6% 1,606 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,395 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 585 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 475 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 killed8,632 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,811 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,419 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,385 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees404 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations237 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions215 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced171 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Indonesia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill37 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.

● 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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