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34,303 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Karbala, plane crash in Ethiopia and protests in Warsaw (Poland). Iraq's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostSwitzerland 34 in 100 of its 397 stories, usually 16
RegionOceania 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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

Iraq

270 of its 418 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Karbala accounted for 163 of Iraq's 270 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (185 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Karbala stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Ethiopia

67 of its 148 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Plane crash was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

South Africa

519 of its 1,320 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Netherlands

113 of its 451 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Cuba

33 of its 103 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 14 of Havana's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

164 of its 217 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Tripoli accounted for 79 of Libya's 164 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

20 of its 41 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 6 of Managua's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

China

142 of Beijing's 252 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storm surge.

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Protests & strikes

Mexico

64 of Mexico City's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Tsunami was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: malaria in Myanmar (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Norway (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (81 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); dengue in Vietnam (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Sudan (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 Sep. 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 34,303 stories about harm among 169,421 counted on 10 Sep.

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Myanmar's news mentioned the malaria more than ten times as often as usual. On 10 September 2018, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 20 today. In Iraq, 65% of the news was about people being harmed, where 54% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 169,421 stories, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya76 in 100 of its 217 stories · usually 69 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan75 in 100 of its 1,083 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Bahamas72 in 100 of its 1,456 stories · usually 72 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria65 in 100 of its 276 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq65 in 100 of its 418 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Sacramento US208 stories about protests or strikes, of its 295 Washington US179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1972 San Francisco US146 stories about protests or strikes, of its 605 Beijing China142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 252 New Delhi India129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 346

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: 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'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLesotho: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: 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'sIraq: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAnguilla: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Switzerland about twice as fearful as the world's · 136 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 270 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 30 stories about harm ● Puerto Rico about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 154 stories about harm ● Lesotho few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 18 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about twice as fearful as the world's · 96 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 8,674 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Health26% 8,601 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents20% 6,798 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 5,156 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,811 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 999 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 966 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 671 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 killed9,477 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,882 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,853 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,026 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting evacuations706 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees384 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced202 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the Bahamas and the US Stories reporting abductions195 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill146 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Norway

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
● 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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