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28,520 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to the hurricane in Greece, violence in Jammu and protests in Algiers (Algeria). Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 55 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGreece 50 in 100 of its 324 stories, usually 35
RegionCentral Asia 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

163 of its 324 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Lesbos accounted for 86 of Greece's 163 stories about harm, carried by 245 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories). Hurricane was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with flooding and cyclone.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Lesbos stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

110 of its 164 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Jammu accounted for 47 of Kashmir's 110 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Rights & justice

Uganda

81 of its 166 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Bolivia

11 of its 14 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 4 of la Paz's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

37 of its 57 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Taiwan

64 of its 196 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Taipei accounted for 50 of Taiwan's 64 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

36 of its 51 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. 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.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Burundi

13 of its 16 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Venezuela

51 of its 92 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in Vietnam (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drought in Brazil (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in Israel (22 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); storms in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); respiratory illness in India (38 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 Sep. 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 28,520 stories about harm among 107,892 counted on 17 Sep.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 6 March 2020. of the day's 107,892 news stories, 26 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 28. the news turned to Greece for the third day running. Mentions of flooding ran about 7 times their usual in Vietnam's news. On 18 September 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 26 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen71 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir67 in 100 of its 164 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia65 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Syria62 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan59 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US241 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1475 Delhi India83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 323 Portland US69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152 Los Angeles US63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 252 Jerusalem Israel51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 156

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: no storiesU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: near the world's share or lessCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: near the world's share or lessSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: no storiesEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: no storiesCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: no storiesTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 71 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Venezuela: 55 in 100 of its 92 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Uzbekistan: 48 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Puerto Rico: 48 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)US: 33 in 100 of its 33,148 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Uganda: 49 in 100 of its 166 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Syria: 62 in 100 of its 104 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)South Sudan: 64 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Sudan: 58 in 100 of its 86 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)South Africa: 34 in 100 of its 1,038 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Somalia: 65 in 100 of its 57 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Sierra Leone: 46 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Rwanda: 48 in 100 of its 54 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Philippines: 43 in 100 of its 695 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Pakistan: 36 in 100 of its 839 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Niger: 63 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Mozambique: 64 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Lebanon: 53 in 100 of its 171 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Israel: 37 in 100 of its 709 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Palestine: 46 in 100 of its 78 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Iraq: 45 in 100 of its 95 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Iran: 45 in 100 of its 231 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Indonesia: 45 in 100 of its 234 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Guatemala: 55 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Greece: 50 in 100 of its 324 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Ethiopia: 51 in 100 of its 115 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Colombia: 45 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Myanmar: 46 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Burundi: 81 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Bolivia: 79 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Belarus: 43 in 100 of its 177 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Bangladesh: 45 in 100 of its 188 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Algeria: 62 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Afghanistan: 59 in 100 of its 133 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Kashmir: 67 in 100 of its 164 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Palestine: 46 in 100 of its 78 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Palestine: 46 in 100 of its 78 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Kashmir: 67 in 100 of its 164 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Kashmir: 67 in 100 of its 164 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Palestine: 46 in 100 of its 78 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Kashmir: 67 in 100 of its 164 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)Bermuda: 50 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 26)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 26 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Kashmir 67 in 100 of its 164 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Syria 62 in 100 of its 104 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Afghanistan 59 in 100 of its 133 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Yemen 71 in 100 of its 51 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Lebanon 53 in 100 of its 171 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Greece 50 in 100 of its 324 stories · mostly disasters & accidents

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health55% 15,656 stories · about as usual Rights & justice18% 4,974 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 3,492 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,643 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 983 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 644 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 504 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 376 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 killed6,664 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,163 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,938 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,087 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations229 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Vietnam Stories reporting refugees216 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced138 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill49 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 much softer than 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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