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37,900 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at the hypothermia in Nepal, violence in Niamey and protests in Khartoum (Sudan). Niger's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNepal 60 in 100 of its 272 stories, usually 31
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Health

Nepal

162 of its 272 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Hypothermia was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

112 of its 122 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Niamey accounted for 56 of Niger's 112 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Niamey stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

197 of its 310 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Khartoum accounted for 175 of Sudan's 197 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. 165 of Khartoum's 175 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (136 stories).

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

Yemen

211 of its 254 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Sanaa accounted for 138 of Yemen's 211 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

210 of its 323 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

United Arab Emirates

159 of its 495 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (112 stories). Plane crash was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Venezuela

487 of its 785 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Caracas accounted for 318 of Venezuela's 487 stories about harm, carried by 211 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (233 stories).

its stories →
Health

Panama

44 of its 97 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories). Drownings were named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with measles.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cuba

50 of its 123 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Accidents were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: drownings in Panama (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Senegal (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in El Salvador (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Pakistan (83 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); accidents in Cuba (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 May. 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 37,900 stories about harm among 201,756 counted on 16 May.

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The Marshall Islands' news mentioned poisoning more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 201,756 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Nepal, 60% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual. A year earlier, on 16 May 2018, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger92 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen83 in 100 of its 254 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia77 in 100 of its 217 stories · usually 57 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Syria65 in 100 of its 289 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir65 in 100 of its 323 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US362 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1403 Khartoum Sudan165 stories about protests or strikes, of its 175 Alabama US161 stories about protests or strikes, of its 485 Tehran Iran152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 728 Caracas Venezuela125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 318

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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 lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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 lessSingapore: 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 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: 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 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 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 lessNiue: 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 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: 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 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 lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: 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 lessJamaica: too little coverage to readItaly: 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: 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 lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualMadagascar: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNajaf, Iraq -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 22 outletsScottish Highlands, UK -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 45 outletsWisconsin, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 65 stories, carried by 67 outletsFort Polk, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsQuetta, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 54 stories, carried by 49 outletsSinggah, Indonesia -- health: 11 stories, carried by 45 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- rights & justice: 33 stories, carried by 30 outletsOslo, Norway -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 16 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

● Vietnam warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● France warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual ● Burkina Faso warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Najaf Iraq about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 21 stories ● Scottish Highlands UK about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories ● Wisconsin US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 65 stories ● Fort Polk US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 15 stories ● Quetta Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 54 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 10,272 stories · about as usual Health26% 9,550 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Conflict & violence18% 6,731 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents13% 4,947 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,769 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,263 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 845 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 killed11,346 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,788 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,537 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,771 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting abductions571 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees376 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people displaced245 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting evacuations149 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill72 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nepal

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.