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30,458 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to a disaster in Grand Sable, people injured in New Zealand and protests in Monrovia (Liberia). Mauritius' coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK →
Part of lifeHealth 51 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostNew Zealand 38 in 100 of its 1,168 stories, usually 25
RegionOceania 31 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

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Mauritius

47 of its 61 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Grand Sable accounted for 31 of Mauritius' 47 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (34 stories). Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mauritius over 30 days → its stories → Grand Sable stories →
Conflict & violence

New Zealand

445 of its 1,168 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (46 stories). Poisoning was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

New Zealand over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Liberia

39 of its 75 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 14 of Monrovia's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Liberia over 30 days → its stories → Monrovia stories →
Health

South Korea

216 of its 450 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Seoul accounted for 141 of South Korea's 216 stories about harm, carried by 274 outlets. Typhoon was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms, tropical storm and tornadoes.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories → Seoul stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

298 of its 719 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Drownings were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Lithuania

25 of its 43 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 3 of Vilnius' 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Afghanistan

Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (42 stories). Heavy rain was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

Minsk accounted for 99 of Belarus' 128 stories about harm, carried by 180 outlets. 89 of Minsk's 99 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Benin

11 of its 21 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Myanmar

23 of its 38 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in North Korea (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Afghanistan (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in US (1267 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drownings in Pakistan (15 of its stories, about three 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 27 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 30,458 stories about harm among 106,494 counted on 27 Aug.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. of the day's 106,494 news stories, 29 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 28 August 2019, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 29 today. Mauritius' news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 67%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mauritius77 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 67 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan68 in 100 of its 203 stories · usually 71 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine59 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 51 · mostly health Lebanon58 in 100 of its 317 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Syria56 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kenosha US660 stories about protests or strikes, of its 830 Washington US357 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1417 Minsk Belarus89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 99 Beijing China75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243 Chicago US73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 231

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: 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'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: 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'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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 readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sTogo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: 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'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritius: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice 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'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: 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

● New Zealand about twice as fearful as the world's · 445 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 138 stories about harm ● Mauritius few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Liberia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Belarus about twice as angry as the world's · 128 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health51% 15,418 stories · much less than usual (usually 57%) Rights & justice18% 5,489 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 4,750 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Conflict & violence7% 1,967 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 979 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 684 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 544 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 381 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 killed7,860 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,263 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,243 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,272 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations532 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees165 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions164 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced103 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill34 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Switzerland

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
● 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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