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34,218 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Tegucigalpa (Honduras), violence in Tehran and people displaced in the Philippines drew the news. Honduras' coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHonduras 77 in 100 of its 70 stories, usually 28
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Honduras

54 of its 70 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 50 of Honduras' 54 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. 36 of Tegucigalpa's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Wildfires were named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Tegucigalpa stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

530 of its 1,016 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Tehran accounted for 396 of Iran's 530 stories about harm, carried by 618 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Health

Philippines

419 of its 952 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Polio was named in 159 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with measles.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Austria

38 of its 148 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Austria over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

236 of its 483 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 116 of Harare's 154 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Protests & strikes

South Sudan

30 of its 44 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 15 of Upper Nile's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

48 of River Ganges' 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Wildfires were named in 25 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

Saudi Arabia

856 of its 1,746 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (145 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

165 of its 233 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Baghdad accounted for 84 of Iraq's 165 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Algeria

60 of its 92 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Algiers accounted for 57 of Algeria's 60 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. 55 of Algiers' 57 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Mexico (256 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Sudan (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in North Korea (17 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in Hong Kong (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Germany (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 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 20 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 34,218 stories about harm among 164,924 counted on 20 Sep.

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Honduras' news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. of the day's 164,924 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Mexico's news mentioned storms about 5 times as often as usual. On 20 September 2018, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Honduras77 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 28 · mostly health Puerto Rico77 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 69 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria75 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq71 in 100 of its 233 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Libya70 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US235 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1376 Sydney Australia230 stories about protests or strikes, of its 303 Los Angeles US162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 434 Genesee County US152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184 Canberra Australia151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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 lessUnited Arab Emirates: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: 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 lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: 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 readCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: 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 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEl Salvador: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEcuador: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsNiger Delta, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 16 outletsColorado, US -- conflict & violence: 79 stories, carried by 82 outletsQuito, Ecuador -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 27 outletsTucson, US -- food & livelihood: 89 stories, carried by 78 outletsFreeport, Bahamas -- disasters & accidents: 19 stories, carried by 18 outletsYellow River, China -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsNassau, Bahamas -- disasters & accidents: 19 stories, carried by 17 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

● El Salvador warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ecuador warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Niger Delta Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Colorado US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 79 stories ● Quito Ecuador about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 27 stories ● Tucson US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 89 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 9,945 stories · about as usual Health23% 7,612 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 6,416 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence15% 5,127 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,038 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,138 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 711 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 694 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 killed10,134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,894 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,604 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,316 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations466 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Saudi Arabia Stories reporting refugees384 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced323 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions305 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill141 at about the usual rate

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 softer than 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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