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36,019 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to road crashes in Egypt, protests in Wong Tai Sin (Hong Kong) and people killed in Austria. Austria's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Egypt →
Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEgypt 64 in 100 of its 709 stories, usually 26
RegionNorth America 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

457 of its 709 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Cairo accounted for 421 of Egypt's 457 stories about harm, carried by 357 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (131 stories). Road crashes were named in 106 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

Wong Tai Sin accounted for 374 of Hong Kong's 510 stories about harm, carried by 366 outlets. 368 of Wong Tai Sin's 374 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Wong Tai Sin stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Austria

75 of its 211 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Iran

297 of its 760 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (200 stories). Earthquake was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Libya

156 of its 177 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Tripoli accounted for 88 of Libya's 156 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (96 stories). Train derailment was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Cambodia

81 of its 143 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (65 stories). Hunger was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

138 of its 393 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). HIV was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mexico

496 of its 893 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (323 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Jordan

39 of its 145 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

US

17,981 of its 49,687 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6,068 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Cambodia (44 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in France (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Indonesia (32 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); train derailment in Libya (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Sri Lanka (18 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 31 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 Aug. 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 36,019 stories about harm among 147,766 counted on 5 Aug.

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Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Egypt. Egypt's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. of the day's 147,766 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. On 5 August 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya88 in 100 of its 177 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Syria74 in 100 of its 328 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 269 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Greenland65 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 61 · mostly disasters & accidents Egypt64 in 100 of its 709 stories · usually 26 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

El Paso US611 stories about protests or strikes, of its 5962 Wong Tai Sin Hong Kong368 stories about protests or strikes, of its 374 Dayton US163 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2701 New Delhi India131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 555 Washington US110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1165

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 lessUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: too little coverage to readRomania: 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 lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: 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 readLatvia: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: 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: too little coverage to readIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: 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 readFiji: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readChad: 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: too little coverage to readBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readBahrain: 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: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: 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 lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPanama: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualLaos: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualGreenland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualCosta Rica: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualVatican City: warmth about its own usualNorth Carolina, US -- health: 33 stories, carried by 34 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- rights & justice: 68 stories, carried by 70 outletsSziget, Hungary -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 27 outletsNebraska, US -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsPanama City, Panama -- health: 19 stories, carried by 17 outletsJerusalem, Israel -- rights & justice: 155 stories, carried by 55 outletsBudapest, Hungary -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 18 outletsHavana, Cuba -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 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

● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual ● Hungary warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual ● Malaysia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Greenland warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● North Carolina US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 33 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 68 stories ● Sziget Hungary about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories ● Nebraska US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Panama City Panama about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 12,265 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence23% 8,007 stories · much more than usual (usually 14%) Health18% 6,257 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 4,015 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,884 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Displacement2% 836 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 749 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 528 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 killed16,714 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured8,200 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt Stories reporting arrests3,616 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,094 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations472 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Egypt and the US Stories reporting people displaced298 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees235 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting abductions183 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Congo

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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