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29,858 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Minsk (Belarus), illness in Moscow and arrests in Somalia. Belarus' coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 57 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostRussia 60 in 100 of its 1,201 stories, usually 33
RegionEurope 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

241 of its 354 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Minsk accounted for 177 of Belarus' 241 stories about harm, carried by 338 outlets. 166 of Minsk's 177 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Health

Russia

717 of its 1,201 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Moscow accounted for 311 of Russia's 717 stories about harm, carried by 568 outlets. Ebola was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with measles, hiv and polio.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Rights & justice

Somalia

45 of its 55 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

27 of its 30 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

India

221 of Bengaluru's 323 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (172 stories). Road crashes were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Namibia

25 of its 46 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

60 of its 90 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Baghdad accounted for 31 of Iraq's 60 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

105 of its 175 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Mali

33 of its 49 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Bamako accounted for 28 of Mali's 33 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 26 of Bamako's 28 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Health

Bangladesh

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Road crashes were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in New Zealand (133 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Finland (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in UK (289 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); wildfires in Brazil (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plague in Italy (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

28 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 29,858 stories about harm among 105,753 counted on 12 Aug.

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It was the third day running that the news turned to Belarus. of the day's 105,753 news stories, 28 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 30. New Zealand's news mentioned outbreaks about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 13 August 2019, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 28 today. In Belarus, 68% of the news was about people being harmed, where 48% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia82 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Belarus68 in 100 of its 354 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Iraq67 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan62 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon61 in 100 of its 782 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US296 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1299 Bengaluru India221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 323 Minsk Belarus166 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177 Beirut Lebanon129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 451 San Francisco US100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 362

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: 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'sRussia: 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 readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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'sGeorgia: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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 readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: 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 angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMongolia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Mongolia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 11 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as fearful as the world's · 59 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 60 stories about harm ● Belarus about twice as angry as the world's · 241 stories about harm ● South Sudan few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 27 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health57% 16,839 stories · less than usual (usually 59%) Rights & justice19% 5,509 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 3,033 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,641 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,058 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 868 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 358 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 307 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 killed7,412 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,206 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,039 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,596 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees172 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations119 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced116 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions85 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill41 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China

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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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