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31,867 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Hiroshima, protests in Harare (Zimbabwe) and tropical storm in Jersey. Japan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 58 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostLebanon 75 in 100 of its 2,075 stories, usually 59
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 56 in 100 of its stories, usually 43
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Japan

596 of its 1,318 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Hiroshima accounted for 380 of Japan's 596 stories about harm, carried by 929 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (290 stories). Poisoning was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Japan over 30 days → its stories → Hiroshima stories →
Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

134 of its 246 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Harare accounted for 60 of Zimbabwe's 134 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. 42 of Harare's 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories → Harare stories →
Health

Jersey

41 of its 102 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Tropical storm was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts.

Jersey over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

1,566 of its 2,075 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Beirut accounted for 1,538 of Lebanon's 1,566 stories about harm, carried by 1,534 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (482 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Poland

65 of its 155 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 23 of Warsaw's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

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Health

North Korea

30 of its 55 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Myanmar

35 of its 66 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Covid was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Health

Papua New Guinea

25 of its 43 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →
Health

Bangladesh

89 of its 148 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Myanmar (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Sudan (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in South Korea (36 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hurricane in Greece (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Brazil (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

29 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 Aug. 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 31,867 stories about harm among 108,848 counted on 6 Aug.

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Mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual in Myanmar's news. of the day's 108,848 news stories, 29 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 7 August 2019, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 29 today. Japan's news was 45% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Lebanon75 in 100 of its 2,075 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan64 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 64 · mostly disasters & accidents Bangladesh60 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 53 · mostly health Palestine58 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US228 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1499 Beirut Lebanon191 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1538 Portland US97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121 Los Angeles US74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 327 Chicago US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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'sPuerto Rico: 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'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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'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'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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: 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'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: 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: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSuriname: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCosta Rica: 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'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful 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'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 110 stories about harm ● Japan about three times as angry as the world's · 596 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● Lebanon about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,566 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 79 stories about harm ● Zimbabwe about twice as angry as the world's · 134 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health58% 18,192 stories · less than usual (usually 60%) Rights & justice16% 5,034 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 2,925 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 2,306 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,359 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 992 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 472 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 308 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 killed8,890 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,623 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,020 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting people displaced179 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees151 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations122 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill43 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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