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21,831 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Cairo (Egypt), people injured in Pakistan and refugees in Iran. Pakistan's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGreenland 78 in 100 of its 90 stories, usually 31
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Egypt

123 of its 301 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Cairo accounted for 84 of Egypt's 123 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. 57 of Cairo's 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Pakistan

498 of its 1,028 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (181 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Wildfires were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Indonesia

218 of its 423 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 41 of Jakarta's 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (18 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sweden

92 of its 346 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 30 of Stockholm's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Algeria

36 of its 66 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Algiers accounted for 34 of Algeria's 36 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. 28 of Algiers' 34 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Avalanche was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

Tripoli accounted for 26 of Libya's 44 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 24 of Yemen's 53 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Bermuda (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in Antarctica (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); cyclone in Puerto Rico (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Sri Lanka (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Zimbabwe (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 21,831 stories about harm among 130,947 counted on 25 Sep.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 7 November 2018. 17 in every 100 of the day's 130,947 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. For the second day running, the news turned to Egypt. Bermuda's news mentioned the cyclone about 5 times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico82 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 74 · mostly disasters & accidents Greenland78 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents Bermuda64 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents Libya64 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen62 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 627 New York US60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 301 Cairo Egypt57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84 Beijing China56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124 Jakarta Indonesia41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 75

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 lessIsrael: 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 lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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 lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 lessAksai Chin: 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualWestern Sahara: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualWestern Sahara: warmth about its own usualWestern Sahara: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualStockholm, Sweden -- rights & justice: 34 stories, carried by 165 outletsAlbuquerque, US -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 16 outletsVaraha, India -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsColorado, US -- conflict & violence: 36 stories, carried by 199 outletsHarrogate, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsNassau, Bahamas -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsSussex, South Africa -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 27 outletsPathankot, India -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 20 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

● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual ● Saudi Arabia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Stockholm Sweden about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 34 stories ● Albuquerque US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Varaha India about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 36 stories ● Harrogate UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 6,283 stories · about as usual Health28% 5,912 stories · much more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents17% 3,696 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence12% 2,465 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,102 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,005 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 466 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 456 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 killed5,050 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests2,525 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,371 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured1,190 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees292 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced200 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions199 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill127 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting evacuations94 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia

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.