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26,292 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Minsk (Belarus), violence in Niamey and illness in Taipei. Niger's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 54 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostMauritius 81 in 100 of its 133 stories, usually 45
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 49 in 100 of its stories, usually 45
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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Protests & strikes

Belarus

381 of its 598 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Minsk accounted for 321 of Belarus' 381 stories about harm, carried by 462 outlets. 292 of Minsk's 321 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (134 stories). Landslides were named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

91 of its 100 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Niamey accounted for 72 of Niger's 91 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Niamey stories →
Health

Taiwan

126 of its 252 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Taipei accounted for 100 of Taiwan's 126 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (48 stories). Tropical storm was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories → Taipei stories →
Rights & justice

Afghanistan

134 of its 168 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Kabul accounted for 89 of Afghanistan's 134 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

174 of its 313 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 25 of Ho Man Tin's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 894 of Lebanon's 921 stories about harm, carried by 1,112 outlets. 471 of Beirut's 894 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (151 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Algeria

23 of its 36 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 16 of Casbah's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

North Korea

25 of its 45 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Landslides were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

31 of Harare's 59 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Australia

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Storms were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in North Korea (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in South Korea (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Yemen (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Italy (19 of its stories, about 7 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 10 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 26,292 stories about harm among 91,170 counted on 10 Aug.

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In Indonesia's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 29 in every 100 of the day's 91,170 stories, below the usual 30. On 11 August 2019, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 29 today. In Belarus, 64% of the news was about people being harmed, where 41% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger91 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Mauritius81 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 45 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan80 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Yemen75 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 69 · mostly disasters & accidents Lebanon72 in 100 of its 1,288 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beirut Lebanon471 stories about protests or strikes, of its 894 Minsk Belarus292 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321 Chicago US183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 414 Washington US178 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1078 Beijing China160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 374

Stories, not people.

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Venezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: 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'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEswatini: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sMozambique: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful 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 fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as 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

● Niger about three times as angry as the world's · 91 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 89 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 134 stories about harm ● Brazil about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 83 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as angry as the world's · 921 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 174 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health54% 14,078 stories · much less than usual (usually 59%) Rights & justice18% 4,582 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 3,033 stories · more than usual (usually 9%) Conflict & violence7% 1,882 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,070 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 805 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 324 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 263 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 killed7,571 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,353 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,111 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting people affected1,964 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations129 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced125 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions98 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill54 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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