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18,016 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Brussels (Belgium), the heatwave in Palestine and plane crash in Spain. Spain's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBarbados 68 in 100 of its 72 stories, usually 17
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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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Protests & strikes

Belgium

40 of its 68 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Brussels accounted for 38 of Belgium's 40 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. 27 of Brussels' 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

Belgium over 30 days → its stories → Brussels stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

579 of its 957 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Ramallah accounted for 433 of Palestine's 579 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Heatwave was named in 109 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Ramallah stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Spain

204 of its 681 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (137 stories). Plane crash was named in 43 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Lebanon

191 of its 380 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Beirut accounted for 185 of Lebanon's 191 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

France

799 of its 2,782 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 321 of Biarritz's 627 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (186 stories). Natural hazards were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

Tsuen Wan accounted for 246 of Hong Kong's 330 stories about harm, carried by 357 outlets. 244 of Tsuen Wan's 246 stories were about protests or strikes. Typhoon was named in 69 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

653 of its 1,044 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Jerusalem accounted for 393 of Israel's 653 stories about harm, carried by 269 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

54 of its 137 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Heavy rain was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with power cuts and landslides.

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Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

296 of its 469 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (163 stories). 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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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Barbados (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Taiwan (35 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storm surge in Puerto Rico (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Costa Rica (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Hong Kong (69 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
31 in 10019 in 10027 Jul3 Aug10 Aug17 Aug25 Aug27 Jul: 22 in 10028 Jul: 23 in 10029 Jul: 22 in 10030 Jul: 21 in 10031 Jul: 20 in 1001 Aug: 20 in 1002 Aug: 21 in 1003 Aug: 25 in 1004 Aug: 31 in 1005 Aug: 24 in 1006 Aug: 22 in 1007 Aug: 23 in 1008 Aug: 22 in 1009 Aug: 22 in 10010 Aug: 26 in 10011 Aug: 26 in 10012 Aug: 22 in 10013 Aug: 21 in 10014 Aug: 20 in 10015 Aug: 21 in 10016 Aug: 21 in 10017 Aug: 24 in 10018 Aug: 25 in 10019 Aug: 20 in 10020 Aug: 20 in 10021 Aug: 19 in 10022 Aug: 19 in 10023 Aug: 21 in 10024 Aug: 21 in 10025 Aug: 21 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 18,016 stories about harm among 83,927 counted on 25 Aug.

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In Belgium, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 14% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 83,927 stories, as usual. Mentions of the hurricane ran more than ten times their usual in Barbados' news. On 25 August 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to Spain, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan78 in 100 of its 212 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Puerto Rico76 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents Barbados68 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 17 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan66 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh63 in 100 of its 469 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Biarritz France321 stories about protests or strikes, of its 627 Tsuen Wan Hong Kong244 stories about protests or strikes, of its 246 New York US180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 261 Jerusalem Israel152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 393 San Francisco US125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 171

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 lessVietnam: 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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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 readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: 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 readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 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 lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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 readColombia: 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 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 readBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readJammu & Kashmir: 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): 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readPhilippines: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGreenland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about twice its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualJalalabad, Afghanistan -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsManama, Bahrain -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 12 outletsDayton, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 142 stories, carried by 230 outletsUtah, US -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 22 outletsDaresbury, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 13 outletsKarpathos, Greece -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 23 stories, carried by 24 outletsSussex, UK -- rights & justice: 32 stories, carried by 138 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

● Bahrain warmth about twice usual ● Greenland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Brazil warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Jalalabad Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 12 stories ● Manama Bahrain about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Dayton US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 142 stories ● Utah US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 24 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 5,288 stories · less than usual (usually 34%) Conflict & violence22% 3,856 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents19% 3,422 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health15% 2,659 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 1,488 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Displacement2% 435 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 384 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 264 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 killed4,597 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,551 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,658 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,597 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting refugees300 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Australia Stories reporting evacuations154 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Greece and Taiwan Stories reporting abductions110 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and India Stories reporting people displaced100 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Uganda Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about half 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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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.