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37,854 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Sanaa, people killed in Burundi and protests in Koidu (Sierra Leone). Burundi's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMongolia 60 in 100 of its 80 stories, usually 10
RegionCentral Asia 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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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Conflict & violence

Yemen

91 of its 107 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Sanaa accounted for 61 of Yemen's 91 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Cholera was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Health

Burundi

39 of its 51 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Malaria was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with ebola and outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Burundi over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sierra Leone

28 of its 60 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 13 of Koidu's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Sierra Leone over 30 days → its stories → Koidu stories →
Rights & justice

Uganda

146 of its 251 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kampala accounted for 94 of Uganda's 146 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Mozambique

110 of its 142 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Maputo accounted for 97 of Mozambique's 110 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Japan

406 of its 1,519 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Typhoon was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with tropical storm and storms. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Thailand

165 of its 379 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Drought was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

258 of its 577 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Algeria

14 of its 30 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 8 of Algiers' 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

164 of its 396 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Netherlands (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Philippines (132 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Indonesia (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Rwanda (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Thailand (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 37,854 stories about harm among 168,330 counted on 6 Aug.

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Mentions of the malaria ran more than ten times their usual in Burundi's news. of the day's 168,330 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Yemen stood out: 85% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 73%. A year earlier, on 6 August 2018, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen85 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Mali78 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique77 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi76 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 46 · mostly health Congo76 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 85 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

El Paso US395 stories about protests or strikes, of its 4275 Rockland US337 stories about protests or strikes, of its 394 Dayton US248 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1902 Beijing China206 stories about protests or strikes, of its 267 Philadelphia US157 stories about protests or strikes, of its 284

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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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 lessUganda: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: too little coverage to readRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readNetherlands: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: 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 lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 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 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: 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 lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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 readAksai Chin: 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 lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGreenland: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMaputo, Mozambique -- conflict & violence: 97 stories, carried by 82 outletsSziget, Hungary -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsRockland, US -- conflict & violence: 394 stories, carried by 536 outletsOregon, US -- conflict & violence: 75 stories, carried by 66 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 112 stories, carried by 54 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 188 stories, carried by 163 outletsPorto Moniz, Portugal -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- conflict & violence: 60 stories, carried by 37 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

● Mozambique warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● Hungary warmth about one and a half times usual ● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iran warmth about one and a half times usual ● Venezuela warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Maputo Mozambique about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 97 stories ● Sziget Hungary about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Rockland US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 394 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 75 stories ● Jammu Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 112 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 12,357 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 8,044 stories · much more than usual (usually 14%) Health19% 7,252 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 4,375 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,988 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 968 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 721 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 577 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 killed15,577 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured5,080 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests4,115 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,988 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations369 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees240 at about half the usual rate · most about Türkiye and the US Stories reporting people displaced203 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions199 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill8 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than usual
● Feara little more than 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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