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36,911 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Rights and justice in Asmara, violence in Ramallah and plane crash in Kenya drew the news. Kenya's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPanama 92 in 100 of its 265 stories, usually 19
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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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Rights & justice

Eritrea

43 of its 56 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Asmara accounted for 43 of Eritrea's 43 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Eritrea over 30 days → its stories → Asmara stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

622 of its 835 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Ramallah accounted for 424 of Palestine's 622 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (369 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Ramallah stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kenya

352 of its 722 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (287 stories). Plane crash was named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

440 of its 798 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Caracas accounted for 370 of Venezuela's 440 stories about harm, carried by 411 outlets. 285 of Caracas' 370 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (87 stories).

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
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Conflict & violence

Yemen

100 of its 135 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Hodeida accounted for 60 of Yemen's 100 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

289 of its 697 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 161 of Cairo's 219 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (142 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

1,401 of its 2,437 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (131 stories). Avalanche was named in 52 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with extreme cold. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Shelter & services

Panama

244 of its 265 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Panama City accounted for 236 of Panama's 244 stories about harm, carried by 276 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (234 stories).

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Rights & justice

North Korea

404 of its 903 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Central African Republic

30 of its 37 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. 19 of Bangui's 24 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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Also named far more than usual: tornadoes in US (3260 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (69 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in Zimbabwe (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Denmark (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (116 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 Mar. 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 36,911 stories about harm among 179,512 counted on 4 Mar.

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In Eritrea, 77% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 179,512 stories, as usual. Mentions of tornadoes ran more than ten times their usual in the US's news. On 4 March 2018, 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 →

Panama92 in 100 of its 265 stories · usually 19 · mostly shelter & services Syria83 in 100 of its 645 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Eritrea77 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 20 · mostly rights & justice Palestine74 in 100 of its 835 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen74 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Caracas Venezuela285 stories about protests or strikes, of its 370 Washington US255 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1085 Greenwood County US220 stories about protests or strikes, of its 237 Chicago US216 stories about protests or strikes, of its 667 Denver US176 stories about protests or strikes, of its 345

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 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: too little coverage to readU.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: 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 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: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: 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 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 lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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 lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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 readHong Kong: 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 lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualEstonia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEritrea: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualChad: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualBangui, Central African Republic -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 16 outletsTallinn, Estonia -- rights & justice: 41 stories, carried by 31 outletsMilwaukee, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsWhitehall, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 13 stories, carried by 34 outletsLake Erie, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsHyderabad, India -- conflict & violence: 76 stories, carried by 45 outletsAsmara, Eritrea -- rights & justice: 43 stories, carried by 47 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 77 stories, carried by 84 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

● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Estonia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Thailand 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 · 24 stories ● Tallinn Estonia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 41 stories ● Milwaukee US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Whitehall UK about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 13 stories ● Lake Erie US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 10,195 stories · less than usual (usually 33%) Disasters & accidents23% 8,437 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Health21% 7,538 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 5,799 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,013 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,330 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 559 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 506 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 killed12,891 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting arrests3,837 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,474 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,258 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees340 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations335 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions269 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced174 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill23 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Denmark

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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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