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33,412 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at building collapse in Greece, violence in Buenos Aires and protests in Taipei (Taiwan). Argentina's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEstonia 72 in 100 of its 96 stories, usually 9
RegionEast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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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Disasters & accidents

Greece

402 of its 761 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Athens accounted for 361 of Greece's 402 stories about harm, carried by 420 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (267 stories). Building collapse was named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Conflict & violence

Argentina

152 of its 268 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Buenos Aires accounted for 141 of Argentina's 152 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Buenos Aires stories →
Rights & justice

Malawi

49 of its 110 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms and heavy rain.

Malawi over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Estonia

69 of its 96 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Tallinn accounted for 66 of Estonia's 69 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (66 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

923 of its 2,145 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (417 stories). Poisoning was named in 66 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 twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Kiribati

26 of its 30 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tarawa accounted for 26 of Kiribati's 26 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

354 of its 442 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 288 of Afghanistan's 354 stories about harm, carried by 219 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (274 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

78 of its 176 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Srebrenica accounted for 77 of Bosnia's 78 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Morocco

57 of its 97 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Mexico (152 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); gas explosion in New Zealand (106 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Austria (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Dominican Republic (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tsunami in Marshall Islands (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 Jul. 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 33,412 stories about harm among 160,400 counted on 19 Jul.

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Greece's news was 53% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. of the day's 160,400 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Mexico's news mentioned drownings about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 19 July 2018, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo89 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 73 · mostly health Yemen85 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan80 in 100 of its 442 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia73 in 100 of its 218 stories · usually 61 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Estonia72 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 9 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US343 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1779 Seoul South Korea109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128 Charlottesville US100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 116 Tokyo Japan92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 190 Honolulu US75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 94

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 lessVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 readSenegal: 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 lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: 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 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 readCuraçao: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: 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: too little coverage to readIreland: 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 readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern 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: too little coverage to readAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualDominican Republic: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBosnia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualByron Bay, Australia -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 10 outletsDarfur, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 32 outletsNebraska, US -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsSaratoga, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 29 stories, carried by 25 outletsAnantnag, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 26 outletsVienna, Austria -- shelter & services: 19 stories, carried by 18 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 30 outletsHawassa, Ethiopia -- rights & justice: 38 stories, carried by 26 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

● Bosnia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sri Lanka warmth about one and a half times usual ● Puerto Rico warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Byron Bay Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Darfur Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 30 stories ● Nebraska US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 15 stories ● Saratoga US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 29 stories ● Anantnag Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 29 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 11,069 stories · about as usual Health20% 6,430 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 6,338 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 4,302 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,125 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,065 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 976 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 578 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 killed8,976 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,203 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,468 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,940 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees699 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations298 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about New Zealand and the Netherlands Stories reporting abductions238 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced218 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Malaysia

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
● 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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