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20,412 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Oslo, arrests in Guatemala and a disaster in Morogoro drew the news. Tanzania's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about China and India →
Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNorway 71 in 100 of its 422 stories, usually 15
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 55 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
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

Norway

298 of its 422 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Oslo accounted for 261 of Norway's 298 stories about harm, carried by 279 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Norway over 30 days → its stories → Oslo stories →
Food & livelihood

Guatemala

119 of its 150 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories). Illness was named in 60 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Tanzania

131 of its 166 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Morogoro accounted for 109 of Tanzania's 131 stories about harm, carried by 213 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (115 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Tanzania over 30 days → its stories → Morogoro stories →
Health

Morocco

64 of its 99 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Illness was named in 59 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Morocco over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Israel

739 of its 1,011 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jerusalem accounted for 660 of Israel's 739 stories about harm, carried by 394 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (345 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

306 of its 609 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (100 stories). Hunger was named in 84 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Russia

335 of its 734 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 144 of Moscow's 220 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (96 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

191 of its 209 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Tripoli accounted for 162 of Libya's 191 stories about harm, carried by 218 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

India

1,740 of its 4,949 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 213 of New Delhi's 385 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (229 stories). Typhoon was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Island accounted for 256 of Hong Kong's 297 stories about harm, carried by 357 outlets. 254 of Hong Kong Island's 256 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in China (372 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Greece (78 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Spain (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Congo (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Saudi Arabia (84 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 20,412 stories about harm among 78,838 counted on 11 Aug.

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Norway stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 15%. Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about China and India. In China's news, mentions of the typhoon ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 78,838 stories, above the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya91 in 100 of its 209 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Luxembourg86 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 10 · mostly disasters & accidents Guatemala79 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 35 · mostly food & livelihood Tanzania79 in 100 of its 166 stories · usually 37 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen75 in 100 of its 230 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Hong Kong Island Hong Kong254 stories about protests or strikes, of its 256 Jerusalem Israel252 stories about protests or strikes, of its 660 New Delhi India213 stories about protests or strikes, of its 385 Moscow Russia144 stories about protests or strikes, of its 220 Beijing China87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 133

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUruguay: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Afghanistan about twice as warm as the world's · 146 stories about harm ● Tanzania about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 131 stories about harm ● Morocco about twice as fearful as the world's · 64 stories about harm ● Norway about twice as fearful as the world's · 298 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 172 stories about harm ● Luxembourg few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 49 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 6,962 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 4,292 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence19% 3,913 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Health13% 2,569 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 966 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 618 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 409 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 361 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 killed6,877 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests2,739 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,653 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured2,146 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations669 at about three times the usual rate · most about China and India Stories reporting people displaced296 at about twice the usual rate · most about India and Libya Stories reporting refugees143 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Guatemala and the US Stories reporting abductions91 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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.

● Angera little more than 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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