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15,997 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to plane crash in Kazakhstan, the cyclone in Fiji and protests in Delhi (India). Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostKazakhstan 85 in 100 of its 564 stories, usually 10
RegionCentral Asia 76 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Kazakhstan

479 of its 564 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Almaty accounted for 466 of Kazakhstan's 479 stories about harm, carried by 1,145 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (204 stories). Plane crash was named in 134 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kazakhstan over 30 days → its stories → Almaty stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

94 of its 124 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Nadi accounted for 35 of Fiji's 94 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Cyclone was named in 77 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with heavy rain, flooding and storms.

Fiji over 30 days → its stories → Nadi stories →
Protests & strikes

India

209 of Delhi's 335 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Extreme cold was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with storms and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

India over 30 days → its stories → Delhi stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

139 of its 184 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Idlib accounted for 103 of Syria's 139 stories about harm, carried by 412 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Philippines

335 of its 690 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (38 stories). Storm surge was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with power cuts and hurricane. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Switzerland

62 of its 156 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (22 stories). Avalanche was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Morocco

29 of its 51 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 11 of Casablanca's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

14 of its 55 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 5 of Minsk's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

349 of its 1,079 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Austria

14 of its 66 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Avalanche was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Zimbabwe (26 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Iran (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Ecuador (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Austria (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Switzerland (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 Dec. 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 15,997 stories about harm among 79,879 counted on 27 Dec.

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Kazakhstan stood out: 85% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 10%. People displaced were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria. of the day's 79,879 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. On 27 December 2018, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Kazakhstan85 in 100 of its 564 stories · usually 10 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Fiji76 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria76 in 100 of its 184 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq58 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Morocco57 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 20 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India209 stories about protests or strikes, of its 335 Washington US66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 327 Baghdad Iraq39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 44 Chennai India34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 47 Lucknow India33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 44

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 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: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSouth 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 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 lessIran: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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 readEl 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: 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: too little coverage to readDR 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 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: 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 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 lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 lessBahamas: 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: 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 lessAksai Chin: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readSpain: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualSkewen, UK -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 156 outletsRio de Janeiro, Brazil -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 40 outletsMaine, US -- shelter & services: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 22 outletsNorth Carolina, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 53 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 167 outletsBangkok, Thailand -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsQuebec, Canada -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 14 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

● Skewen UK about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Rio de Janeiro Brazil about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 28 stories ● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 11 stories ● Cambridge UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● North Carolina US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 4,429 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Disasters & accidents23% 3,598 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Health22% 3,459 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,712 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 1,245 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services4% 603 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 336 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 323 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 killed4,998 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,983 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting arrests1,929 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,242 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced265 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions217 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees185 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill32 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 harsher 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.