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25,267 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Darfur, illness in Chad and protests in Monrovia (Liberia). Sudan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 54 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostChad 53 in 100 of its 131 stories, usually 26
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Conflict & violence

Sudan

75 of its 119 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Darfur accounted for 45 of Sudan's 75 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Health

Chad

70 of its 131 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Illness was named in 58 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Rwanda

58 of its 86 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Kigali accounted for 47 of Rwanda's 58 stories about harm, carried by 362 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Norway

58 of its 151 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Austria

23 of its 88 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Health

UK

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). HIV was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

Minsk accounted for 84 of Belarus' 112 stories about harm, carried by 266 outlets. 75 of Minsk's 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Mauritius

9 of Pointe aux Feuilles' 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). 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: outbreaks in Trinidad & Tobago (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Taiwan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Australia (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); overdoses in Canada (12 of its stories, about 6 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 31 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 25,267 stories about harm among 88,560 counted on 31 Aug.

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In Trinidad & Tobago's news, mentions of outbreaks ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 29 in every 100 of the day's 88,560 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 1 September 2019, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 29 today. In Sudan, 63% of the news was about people being harmed, where 53% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda67 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan63 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon58 in 100 of its 471 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir56 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Syria55 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kenosha US423 stories about protests or strikes, of its 532 Portland US419 stories about protests or strikes, of its 455 Washington US268 stories about protests or strikes, of its 844 Minsk Belarus75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84 Chicago US69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 238

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Venezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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'sEthiopia: 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'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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'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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 grief-stricken as the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as 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'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: 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'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritius: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Austria few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 23 stories about harm ● Rwanda about twice as fearful as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Taiwan few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 60 stories about harm ● Liberia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 37 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health54% 13,602 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 4,786 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 2,359 stories · less than usual (usually 12%) Conflict & violence8% 1,975 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,050 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 617 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 323 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 315 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 killed7,297 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,999 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,648 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,319 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations164 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Spain Stories reporting refugees117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced107 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions100 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill28 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
● 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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