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22,032 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Cairo (Egypt), a disaster in Algiers and illness in Harare drew the news. Algeria's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAlgeria 78 in 100 of its 77 stories, usually 42
RegionSoutheast Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

138 of its 300 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Cairo accounted for 99 of Egypt's 138 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. 59 of Cairo's 99 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Algeria

60 of its 77 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Algiers accounted for 47 of Algeria's 60 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

Harare accounted for 102 of Zimbabwe's 135 stories about harm, carried by 203 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Cholera was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks and drought.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories → Harare stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Wildfires were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

575 of its 1,214 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (141 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Kenya

142 of its 449 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Nairobi accounted for 87 of Kenya's 142 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

37 of its 84 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 17 of Port-au-Prince's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 58 of Afghanistan's 160 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

Abaco accounted for 49 of the Bahamas' 119 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Natural hazards were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Oman

31 of its 97 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Cyclone was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Oman (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Puerto Rico (73 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Cuba (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Sri Lanka (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in UK (146 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 22,032 stories about harm among 125,149 counted on 24 Sep.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 10 January 2019. Oman's news mentioned the cyclone more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 125,149 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. In Egypt, 46% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico86 in 100 of its 246 stories · usually 73 · mostly disasters & accidents Algeria78 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen69 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan65 in 100 of its 246 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan57 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 673 New York US106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 362 Wamena Indonesia68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 70 Cairo Egypt59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 99 Beijing China50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113

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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: 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: 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: 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: 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 lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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 lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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 lessMalaysia: 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: 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 lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: 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 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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 readBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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: 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 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 lessAzad 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSyria: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualMaryland, US -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsLake Chad, Nigeria -- shelter & services: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsOklahoma, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 23 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 16 stories, carried by 10 outletsNassau, Bahamas -- disasters & accidents: 23 stories, carried by 18 outletsChennai, India -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 16 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 58 stories, carried by 123 outletsBonn, Germany -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 11 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Maryland US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Lake Chad Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 13 stories ● Oklahoma US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Nassau Bahamas about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 23 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 6,279 stories · about as usual Health26% 5,608 stories · much more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents19% 4,025 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence13% 2,697 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,304 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 751 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 460 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 397 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 killed5,226 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests2,577 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,393 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,191 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees232 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions217 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced178 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations122 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people falling ill98 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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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.