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36,838 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Damascus (Syria), people displaced in Ukraine and deaths in Tappita. Liberia's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUkraine 43 in 100 of its 330 stories, usually 22
RegionOceania 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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

Syria

Damascus accounted for 109 of Syria's 310 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. 80 of Damascus' 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (151 stories). Flooding was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Health

Ukraine

141 of its 330 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Measles was named in 50 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Liberia

47 of its 81 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tappita accounted for 38 of Liberia's 47 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Liberia over 30 days → its stories → Tappita stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

185 of its 348 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Baghdad accounted for 89 of Iraq's 185 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Papua New Guinea

53 of its 100 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 19 of Port Moresby's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Polio was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 45 of Sudan's 90 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. 42 of Khartoum's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

64 of its 126 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 35 of Port-au-Prince's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Vanuatu

25 of its 29 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Cyclone was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with flooding.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

North Macedonia

63 of its 291 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

23 of its 27 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Bangui accounted for 19 of the Central African Republic's 23 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Vanuatu (23 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hunger in Venezuela (61 of its stories, about three times its usual); avalanche in Mexico (62 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in Papua New Guinea (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (95 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 Feb. 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 36,838 stories about harm among 205,600 counted on 13 Feb.

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18 in every 100 of the day's 205,600 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. A year earlier, on 13 February 2018, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan76 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Syria71 in 100 of its 439 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Liberia58 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 33 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Iraq53 in 100 of its 348 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea53 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 27 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Boston US338 stories about protests or strikes, of its 651 Washington US194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1666 Jordan Valley Israel109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164 Jerusalem Israel98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 192 Paris France91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174

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: 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: 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: 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 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 readTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi 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 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 lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: 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 readNamibia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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 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: too little coverage to readColombia: 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 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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 lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUkraine: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualLatvia: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBosnia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualBangui, Central African Republic -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 13 outletsCrimean Peninsula, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 30 outletsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia -- health: 19 stories, carried by 16 outletsDavos, Switzerland -- health: 10 stories, carried by 20 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 39 stories, carried by 41 outletsFulton County, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsFort Myers, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsBuhari, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 23 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

● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bangui Central African Republic about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Crimean Peninsula Ukraine about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories ● Addis Ababa Ethiopia about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Davos Switzerland about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 39 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 11,819 stories · about as usual Health21% 7,498 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 6,293 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 5,018 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,077 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,211 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,155 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,042 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 killed9,070 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,644 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,497 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,891 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting refugees605 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions526 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting people displaced270 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations259 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Australia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill45 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia

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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